Plant stress-regulated genes

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a method to isolate plant genes or gene fragments that are regulated by stress, preferably oxidative stress. The method includes isolation of plant material, adaptation of the plant material to stress, differential expression of genes or gene fragments in adapted and nonadapted plant material, and isolation of the differentially expressed genes or gene fragments. The invention further relates to the genes or gene fragments that can be obtained by this method and to the use of these genes or gene fragments to modulate plant stress tolerance.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of international application number PCT/EP02/01993, filed Feb. 22, 2002, designating the United States of America, published in English Feb. 13, 2003, corresponding to international publication number WO 03/012096 A2, the contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present invention relates to a method to isolate plant genes or gene fragments that are regulated by stress, preferably oxidative stress. The method comprises isolation of plant material, adaptation of the plant material to stress, differential expression of genes or gene fragments in adapted and nonadapted plant material, and isolation of the differentially expressed genes or gene fragments. The invention further relates to the genes or gene fragments that can be obtained by this method and to the use of these genes or gene fragments to modulate plant stress tolerance.

BACKGROUND

[0003] Plant molecular responses to environmental stresses are generally very complex and often result in alteration of gene and protein expression, as well as in changes in metabolic profiles (Sandermann et al., 1998; Jansen et al., 1998; Somssich and Hahlbrock, 1998; Bartels et al., 1996). At least some of those stress responses are required for enhanced stress tolerance as the moderate doses of many stresses increase plant resistance to deleterious stress conditions. For example, raising the temperatures slowly to high, nonlethal temperatures allows plants to tolerate temperatures that are normally lethal, a phenomenon referred to as acclimation (Vierling, 1991). Similarly, exposing maize plants to 14° C. acclimates them to lower temperatures that would normally cause chilling injuries (Prasad et al., 1994). Also, pathogen infection often leads to resistance against subsequent challenges by the same or even unrelated pathogens (reviewed in Sticher et al., 1997). This phenomenon of induced stress tolerance is not restricted to the same kind of stress and cross-tolerance induced by different kinds of stresses have been reported (Orvar et al., 1997; Örzech and Burke, 1988; Keller and Steffen, 1995; Cloutier and Andrews, 1984).

[0004] Much of the damage due to environmental constrains has been attributed to the excess production of active oxygen species (AOS), so-called oxidative stress (reviewed in Inz6 and Van Montagu, 1995). Plant cells acclimated to heat and cold, as well as plants expressing systemic acquired resistance to pathogens, also show enhanced capacity to tolerate oxidative stress (Banzet et al., 1998; Seppanen et al., 1998; Strobel and Kuc, 1995). This suggests that induced tolerance to oxidative stress is part of the adaptation mechanism to environmental stresses and likely contributes to the observed phenomenon of cross-tolerance. However, little is known in plants about molecular mechanisms underlying induced tolerance to oxidative stress.

[0005] In contrast, adaptive responses to various oxidants have been extensively studied in bacteria and yeast. In both E. coli and S. cerevisiae, adaptation to oxidative stress is an active process requiring de novo protein synthesis (Davies et al., 1995; Storz et al., 1990). At least 80 proteins are induced by adaptive amounts of oxidants in E. coli; 40 of them belong to H₂O₂ stimulon and 40 to O₂

stimulon. Among the induced enzymes are antioxidant enzymes, DNA repair enzymes, heat shock proteins, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase implicated in energy homeostasis (reviewed in Demple, 1991).

[0006] Yeast, similarly to bacteria, possess at least two distinct but overlapping adaptive stress responses to oxidants: one induced by H₂O₂ and the other by O₂

generating compounds (Jamieson, 1992). The H₂O₂ stimulon has been analyzed by comparative two-dimensional gel analysis of total cell proteins isolated after treatment with low doses of H₂O₂ (Godon et al., 1998). Such a treatment resulted in synthesis of at least 115 proteins and repression of 52 proteins. 70% of those proteins have been identified and classified into cellular processes such as antioxidant defenses, heat shock responses and chaperone activities, protein turnover, sulphur, amino acids, purine, and carbohydrate metabolism. Notably, carbohydrate metabolism was redirected to the regeneration of NADPH, which provides reducing power necessary for the detoxification of active oxygen species.

[0007] In plants, tolerance to oxidative stress has been previously associated with enhanced activity of antioxidant enzymes and levels of antioxidant metabolites (reviewed in Inze and Van Montagu, 1995). In addition, Banzet et al. (1998) have demonstrated that other stress proteins are likely implicated in acquisition of oxidative stress tolerance by plant cells, similarly as in lower organisms. Expression of small heat shock proteins correlated with adaptation of tomato cells to oxidative stress and, additionally, heat shock pretreatment was able to enhance resistance of those cells to oxidative stress. However, no comparative genome-wide characterization of induced adaptive responses to oxidative stress has been undertaken in plants.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] A genomic approach was used to study the adaptive responses to oxidative stress in leaf tissue of Nicotiana tabacum. The redox-cycling compound, methyl viologen (MV; paraquat), was used to induce an adaptive response to oxidative stress, as AOS signaling may be important during the defense against both biotic and abiotic stresses in plants (Levine et al., 1994; Prasad et al., 1994; Banzet et al., 1998; Chamnongpol et al., 1998; Alvarez et al., 1998; Karpinski, 1999). Surprisingly, we found that adaptive amounts of MV enhance the tolerance of tobacco leaf tissues to oxidative stress imposed by toxic levels of the same oxidant. Moreover, adaptation to oxidative stress is associated with induction/repression of approximately 170 genes, and partial characterization of induced genes shows that they are implicated in distinct cellular processes. Several of these defense responses induced by adaptive amounts of oxidants have so far never been associated with the antioxidant response.

[0009] It is a first aspect of the invention to provide a method to isolate stress-regulated genes or gene fragments, the method comprising:

[0010] (a) isolating plant material;

[0011] (b) inducing stress adaptation in plant material;

[0012] (c) checking differential expression between stress-adapted and nonadapted plant material; and

[0013] (d) isolating differentially expressed genes or gene fragments.

[0014] Plant material can be any plant material, such as parts of, or complete, roots, stems or leaves. Plant material may include more than one plant tissue, up to a complete plant. Preferably, the plant is a tobacco plant. Even more preferable, the plant material is leaf material.

[0015] Induction of stress adaptation is preferentially carried out by applying sublethal stress to the plant material. Stress can be any biotic or abiotic stress, such as fungal or bacterial infection, heat or cold treatment, or oxidative stress. Preferably, the stress is oxidative stress. More preferably, the oxidative stress is applied by putting the plant material in a solution comprising an adequate amount of methyl viologen (methyl viologen pretreatment). Alternatively, the sublethal stress phase may be followed by a period of stronger stress. The stronger stress may even result in significant cell damage when applied to unadapted plant material.

[0016] Differential expression includes induction as well as repression. Checking differential expression can be done with all the differential expression or differential display techniques known to the person skilled in the art, such as, but not limited too, messenger substraction, filter hybridization or micro-array techniques.

[0017] Isolation of the differentially expressed genes may be direct or indirect, i.e., by direct isolation of the differentially expressed nucleic acid such as mRNA or cDNA, or by isolation of the genes from a library, on the basis of the results identifying the gene, such as filter hybridization or micro-array. Preferably, the differentially expressed genes or gene fragments are isolated using PCR-based techniques.

[0018] A further aspect of the invention is a gene, or gene fragment, obtained by the method according to the invention. A preferred embodiment is a gene or gene fragment, comprising a sequence selected from any of the sequences from SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 167.

[0019] Clone names of these sequences, their expression pattern and an indication of the function by homology search is summarized in Table 1.

[0020] In one embodiment, a gene encoding a protein comprising, or preferably essentially consisting of, or more preferably consisting of, SEQ ID NO: 169. Preferably, the gene comprises SEQ ID NO: 168. More preferably, the gene is essentially consisting of SEQ ID NO: 168 and, even more preferably, the gene is consisting of SEQ ID NO: 168.

[0021] Still another aspect of the invention is the use of a gene or a gene fragment according to the invention, or a gene that is at least 60% identical, preferably 80% identical, and more preferably 90% identical to the gene or gene fragment according to the invention, or a gene fragment from a gene that is at least 60% identical, preferably 80% identical, or more preferably 90% identical to the gene or gene fragment according to the invention to modulate plant stress tolerance. A preferred embodiment is the use of a gene or gene fragment comprising SEQ ID NO: 168, preferably essentially consisting of SEQ ID NO: 168, or more preferably consisting of SEQ ID NO: 168. Preferably, the stress is oxidative stress. Preferably, the plant is tobacco.

[0022] A special embodiment is the use of a gene fragment according to the invention, whereby the gene fragment is a promoter. Although the gene fragments isolated by the differential expression procedure may be coding sequences that do not comprise the promoter of the gene, a person skilled in the art can isolate the promoter of a gene when the coding sequence is known. As a nonlimiting example, the coding sequence can be used as a probe against a genomic library, whereby the positive scoring clones are subcloned, and the positive subclone is sequenced. On the base of the sequence, the promoter part and the coding part, including the intron-exon boundaries, can be predicted using computer software, such as Genemark, Genscan or Grail. Alternatively, the full-length messenger RNA can be isolated and, on the base of its sequence, the start of transcription can be defined and the promoter can be localized.

[0023] Another aspect of the invention is a vector comprising a gene or a gene fragment according to the invention. The vector may be any vector suitable for eukaryotic cells, as is known to the person skilled in the art, and includes, but is not limited to, self-replicating vectors, integrative vectors and virus-based vectors. Preferably, the vector is a plant transformation vector and the eukaryotic cell is a plant cell.

[0024] Still another aspect of the invention is a method to modulate stress tolerance in a plant cell or plant comprising the introduction of the vector according to the invention in the plant cell or plant. Introduction of the vector in the plant cell or plant can be realized by any suitable technique known to the person skilled in the art and includes, but is not limited to, transformation techniques such as electroporation, particle bombardment or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, floral dip transformation or sexual techniques such as crossing.

[0025] A further aspect of the invention is a plant cell or plant, comprising a vector according to the invention. Preferably, the plant cell or plant is a tobacco plant cell or plant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026]FIG. 1. Effect of different concentrations of methyl viologen on leaf disc damage. Three leaf discs were floated on solution with assigned methyl viologen concentrations for indicated time periods. Ion leakage was measured as conductivity of the medium at indicated time intervals. The experiment was done in duplicate and the presented value is the average of both measurements. The conductivity of the solution was subtracted from the measured values.

[0027]FIG. 2. Effect of MV pretreatment on leaf disc tolerance to 1 μM methyl viologen. Leaf discs that were pretreated for 17 hours with water (grey bars) or 0.1 μM methyl viologen (black bars) were exposed to 1 μM solution of methyl viologen. Ion leakage was measured as conductivity of the medium in the course of the treatment at regular intervals. The conductivity of the solution was subtracted from measured values. Presented values are average values of nine independent experiments.

[0028]FIG. 3. Expression of GPx and SodCc during the treatment with 1 μM methyl viologen. Leaf discs pretreated with water (0) or 0.1 μM MV (0.1) for 17 hours were exposed to 1 μM methyl viologen and expression of a glutathione peroxidase gene (GPx) and a gene encoding cytosolic CuZnSOD (SODCc) was analyzed. Total RNA (5 μg) was extracted from six leaf discs sampled in two independent experiments at indicated times and subjected to Northern analysis. The same membrane was used for hybridization with both genes. Hybridization of the constitutive actin gene was used as a loading control (bottom panel).

[0029]FIG. 4. Expression of genes isolated by differential display during the pretreatment with 0.1 μM methyl viologen and the treatment with 1 μM methyl viologen. Total RNA was extracted from nine leaf discs sampled at indicated times before (c) and during the pretreatment with 0.1 μM MV (0.1) or water (0), and after exposure of pretreated samples to 1 μM MV. Blots with 15 μg total RNA each were prepared in quadruplicate and checked for equal loading by methylene blue staining. Each membrane was reused several times.

[0030]FIGS. 5A and 5B. Resistance to MV of A. thaliana transformed with WRKY11 fused to the VP16 activation domain, under control of the 35S promoter. (A) The control plate without MV; (B) the test plate with 2 μM MV. WV9 and Wv4 are transformed lines; C24 is an untransformed control.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] While this invention is described in certain embodiments and by way of certain examples, the present invention can be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains and which fall within the limits of the appended claims.

[0032] Definitions

[0033] As used herein “Plant material” can be any plant tissue such as root, stem or leaf. It may be a part of the plant, such as a disc excised from the leaf, up to the intact plant.

[0034] As used herein “Adaptation” means the application of a stress to the plant for a certain time, whereby the time and/or the level of stress are controlled in such a way that the stress applied over the time used is sublethal.

[0035] As used herein “Sublethal stress” refers to stress that may result in a specific gene expression pattern but is not leading to a lethal amount of cell damage. Detrimental tissue damage can be evaluated by several methods known to the person skilled in the art, but is preferably evaluated by measuring an increase in conductivity as described in the examples. An increase in conductivity in the stress situation, compared with a nonstressed reference situation by less than a factor 5, preferably less than a factor 2, as measured after 42 hours of stress application is considered as insignificant.

[0036] The term “gene,” as used herein, refers to a polymeric form of nucleotides of any length, either ribonucleotides or deoxyribonucleotides. This term refers only to the primary structure of the molecule. The term includes double- and single-stranded DNA and RNA. It also includes known types of modifications, for example, methylation, “caps” substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analogue. It includes, but is not limited to, the coding sequence. It does include the regulatory sequences such as the promoter and terminator sequences.

[0037] As used herein “Gene fragment” may be any gene fragment of at least 40 contiguous nucleotides, preferably 60 nucleotides, more preferably 100 nucleotides, either coding or noncoding. A special case of gene fragment is the promoter of the gene.

[0038] As used herein “Modulation of stress tolerance” comprises both the increase of stress tolerance, as well as the decrease of stress tolerance, independent of the level of decrease or increase.

[0039] As used herein “% identical” is the percentage identity between two or more nucleic acid or amino acid sequences as measured by a TBLASTN search (Altschull et al., 1997).

[0040] Plant Material and Cultivation Conditions

[0041]Nicotiana tabacum cv. Petit Havana SR1 plants were grown in a controlled environment chamber (Weiss Technik, Lindenstruth, DE) under 100 μmol/m²/s light intensity (photosynthetically active radiation), 16 hours light/8 hours dark regime, relative humidity of 70% and constant temperature of 24° C. The most expanded leaves (11-12 cm long×7-8 cm wide) from five week old plants were used for experiments with methyl viologen.

[0042] Methyl Viologen Treatment

[0043] Leaf discs (1 cm in diameter) were punched with a cork-bore from the interveinal part of the leaf. Three leaf discs, each originating from different plants, were floated with the abaxial side up on 12 ml of methyl viologen solution in nanopure water or water solely in the case of control. Treatments were performed in controlled environment chambers, under the same conditions as for growth, except as otherwise indicated. Leaf discs for RNA extraction were drained on paper, rapidly frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −70° C. Ion leakage from the leaf discs was measured as conductivity of the solution using a conductivity meter (Consort, Turnhout, BE)

[0044] RNA Extraction and Northern Analysis

[0045] Total RNA was extracted from frozen leaf discs using TRIzol™ Reagent (Life Technologies, Paisley, UK) according to the manufacturer's instructions. RNA samples were treated prior to electrophoresis and resolved on 1% agarose gel as described by Shaul et al. (1996). The RNA was blotted on nylon membrane (Hybond-N, Amersham International plc., Buckinghamshire, UK or Qiabrane, Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, DE) by capillary blotting (Maniatis et al., 1982). RNA was fixed to the membrane by cross-linking at 150 mJ/cm². To check the quality of RNA prior to hybridization, membranes were incubated for 15 minutes in 5% acetic acid and stained for five minutes in 0.04% methylene blue in 0.5 M sodium acetate (pH 5.2), and rinsed with water. After the staining and quality check, membranes were destained in 0.1×SSC (Maniatis et al., 1982) containing 0.5% SDS (w/v). Membranes were hybridized at 65° C. in 50% formamide, 5×SSC, 0.5% SDS and 10% dextran sulphate. ³²P-labeled RNA probes corresponding to the cDNA fragments of GPx (Criqui et al., 1992), SodCc (PSOD 3-5′ fragment; Tsang et al., 1991), SodB (pSOD 2-5′ fragment; Tsang et al., 1991), Cat1 (pCat1A; Willekens et al., 1994), and N. tabacum actin (pRVA12; Aventis Crop Science, BE) were generated by the Riboprobe® System (Promega Corp., Madison, Wis., USA). RNA probes corresponding to cDNA fragments isolated by differential display and cloned into pGEM®-T vector (Promega Corp., Madison, Wis., USA) were generated according to the same protocol. Membranes were washed at 65° C. for 15 minutes each in 3×SSC (Maniatis et al., 1982), 1×SSC and 0.1×SSC (stringent washing) containing 0.5% SDS (w/v). Membranes were exposed to the Storage Phosphor Screen and scanned with the Phosphorlmager 445 SI (Molecular Dynamics Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., USA). Membranes were reused after stripping of the probe in 0.1×SSC at 85° C. Removal of the probe was checked by autoradiography.

[0046] Differential Display

[0047] Total RNA was treated with DNaseI prior to RT-PCR according to the manufacturer's instructions (Life Technologies, Paisley, UK). Alternatively, up to 20 μg of total RNA was incubated with 5 U DNaseI, 18 U Recombinant Ribonuclease Inhibitor (Promega Corp., Madison, Wis., USA), 1 mM DTT in 80 μl of 10 mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.3, 50 mMKCl and 1.5 mM MgCl₂ for 30 minutes at 37° C. RNA was extracted with phenol/CHCl₃ (3:1), ethanol precipitated and dissolved in diethyl pyrocarbonate-treated water. mRNA differential display was performed with the RNA map™ kit (Gene Hunter Corp., Nashville, Tenn., USA), AmliTaq DNA polymerase (Perkin-Elmer, Branchburg, N.J., USA) and [³³P] dATP (0.2 μl/20 μl PCR reaction of 111 000 GBq/mmol; Isotopchim, Ganagobie-Peyruis, FR). 3.5 μl of each PCR reaction was mixed with 2 μl of loading dye and denatured at 95° C. for five minutes prior to loading onto 6% DNA sequencing gel. Gels were electrophoresed at 90 Watts constant power until the xylene dye reached the bottom and dried at 80° C. for about one hour. All the 20 decamers were used in combination with the four T₁₂MN primers provided with the kit. Bands with a differential expression pattern and larger than 200 bp were purified from the polyacrylamide gels and reamplified according to the instructions provided in the manual of the RNA map™ kit. Reamplified cDNA was ethanol precipitated and cloned into pGEM®-T vector (Promega Corp., Madison, Wis., USA). Each clone was assigned a number corresponding to the primer used, position on the gel and number of cDNA fragment within the isolated band (e.g., t 18-2-5 was amplified with primers T₁₂MT and AP18 isolated as a second from the top of the gel, and after the cloning, the fifth colony was sequenced).

[0048] DNA Sequence Analysis

[0049] Three to six cDNAs originating from a single band were sequenced by primer walking using ABI Prism® BigDye™ terminator cycle sequencing kit (PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., USA). DNA sequence data were analyzed using the Wisconsin Package Version 9.1 (genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis.). The nucleotide sequences of all cloned cDNAs were compared with sequences deposited in GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ, and PDB databases, and translated DNA sequences were compared with protein sequences of GenBank CDS translations, PDB, SwissProt, PIR and PRF databases using the BLAST algorithm (Altschul et al., 1997). The scoring matrix used by blastp search was BLOSUM62 (Henikoff and Henikoff, 1992). Gene homologues in the database were considered to be significant when the e-value was <10⁻³ and the high-scoring segment pair identity was at least 20% for an amino acid sequence and 50% for a nucleotide sequence.

[0050] Plasmid Construction

[0051] pWRKY11: WRKY11 cDNA was amplified from a cDNA library with primers EVVRA 28 and EVVRA 29 and cloned into pGEM-t™(Promega) PstI and NotI sites via an intermediate cloning in the pZErO™ vector (Invitrogen).

[0052] pWRKY-pGSJ780A: The BglII-digested WRKY11 sequence was cloned into the BamHI site of the pGSJ780 binary vector (Bowler et al., 1991).

[0053] pWRKY-VP16-pGSJ780A: The VP16 activation domain was amplified from pTETVP16 by primers EVVRA 26 and EVVRA30 and cloned as an XhoI fragment into the XhoI site of pWRKY11.

[0054] The WRKY-VP16 fusion was then cloned as a BglII fragment into the BamHI site of pGSJ780A.

[0055] Arabidopsis Transformation

[0056] Arabidopsis transformation was carried out by the floral dip method (Clouch and Bent, 1998). Selection of primary transgenics and progeny was based on transgene expression levels as determined by Northern blot analysis.

[0057] Stress Assessment

[0058] Eighty plants of an F₂-progeny of the transgenic line WV4 (construct pWRKY-VP16-pGSJ780A) were grown on MS+Kanamycine for two and a half weeks. Fifteen kanamycine-resistant seedlings were transferred to plates containing ½ MS, 1% sucrose and 2 μM methyl viologen (paraquat) or to plates containing ½ MS, 1% sucrose for the controls.

[0059] Wild-type Arabidopsis plants were treated in a similar way (except for selection on Kanamycine).

[0060] Performance of plants was followed and pictures were taken after approximately three weeks.

EXAMPLE I Sensitivity of Tobacco to Methyl Viologen

[0061] As a first step in studying adaptive responses to oxidative stress in tobacco, we wanted to establish an experimental system in which low doses of oxidant would induce adaptation to higher doses of the same compound. MV, a redox-active compound that enhances superoxide radical (O₂

) formation mainly in chloroplasts, was used as an oxidant. In order to determine MV concentrations suited for the induction of adaptation and for the subsequent oxidative stress treatment, sensitivity of tobacco to MV was first determined. Leaf discs were floated on solutions with different concentrations of MV and ion leakage was monitored by measuring the solute conductance. If not scavenged, superoxide generated by MV is converted through redox-reactions into other active oxygen species (AOS) such as hydroxyl radicals that interact with biological molecules and cause oxidative damage (Halliwell and Gutteridge, 1989). Peroxidation of membrane lipids results in loss of membrane integrity that is reflected by enhanced cellular ion leakage. Concentrations lower than 0.2 μM MV caused very little increase in ion leakage from the leaf discs in comparison with water-treated controls and no visible damage was seen even after 42 hours of incubation (FIG. 1). These concentrations thus seemed most suitable for inducing adaptation to MV. When leaf discs were incubated in MV solutions at concentrations ranging from 0.2-2 μM MV, leaf damage measured as solute conductance clearly correlated with the applied dose of MV. This correlation was more or less linear within this range, suggesting that these doses of MV are most suited for monitoring differences in MV sensitivity between pretreated and control samples.

EXAMPLE II MV Pretreatment Induces Tolerance and Activates Expression of Antioxidant Genes

[0062] To test whether exposure to sublethal amounts of MV enhances tolerance to higher, normally toxic amounts of this compound, tobacco leaf discs were floated on solutions with less than 0.2 μM MV and subsequently transferred to solutions within the molar range of 0.2-2 μM. Increase in tolerance was assessed by measuring the solute conductance. Leaf discs pretreated with water were taken as nonadapted controls. Protection against MV was most pronounced (40% in the mean compared to water-pretreated control samples) when leaf discs were pretreated with 0.1 μM MV for 17 hours (including eight hours dark period; referred to as “pretreatment”) and subsequently treated with 1 μM MV for 11 hours (referred to as “treatment”) (FIG. 2). These parameters for the pretreatment and the treatment were then used in all further experiments, unless otherwise stated. The specific conditions required for inducing adaptation were not investigated; yet, it was noticed that both the MV concentration and duration of the pretreatment were factors that affected the level of protection.

[0063] mRNA levels of several antioxidant genes were tested by Northern analysis during the pretreatment and the treatment. Both water and MV caused a rapid induction (one hour) of a glutathione peroxidase gene (Gpx) and a gene encoding cytosolic CuZnSOD (SodCc) (data not shown). Gpx and SodCc were only transiently induced in water-pretreated samples, suggesting that this induction was caused by the tissue wounding during leaf disc preparation. In contrast, pretreatment with 0.1 μM MV gave a persistent increase in Gpx and SodCc mRNA. After transfer to 1 μM MV, Gpx and SodCc were again induced in both water and MV-pretreated samples. However, the amount of both messengers remained consistently higher in MV-pretreated samples (FIG. 3). The above data indicate that induced tolerance is not just a physiological response but that it involves changes in nuclear gene expression and that GPx and cytosolic CuZnSOD are playing a role in the observed enhanced tolerance of pretreated samples. CatI and SodB genes were also induced following the pretreatment, but their transcript levels declined during the subsequent treatment with 1 μM MV and no correlation could be established between their mRNA levels and enhanced tolerance.

EXAMPLE III Expression of a Large Number of Genes Implicated in Distinct Cellular Processes is Modulated by MV Pretreatment

[0064] In order to identify which genes other than those encoding antioxidant enzymes would show altered mRNA levels during oxidative stress adaptation, reference samples placed in water for 17 hours, or samples pretreated with 0.1 μM MV for 17 hours (adapted leaf discs), were compared by differential mRNA display. To increase the fidelity of the differential display results, mRNA from two independent experiments was used to prepare cDNA; and reverse transcription was performed in duplicate for each RNA sample. Amplified cDNA from two separate experiments and two independent reverse transcription reactions were displayed next to each other on the sequencing gel. Eighty primer combinations yielded 243 bands larger than 150 bp that consistently showed differential expression between adapted and nonadapted samples. Two hundred two of them were up-regulated and 41 were down-regulated. Reamplified cDNA fragments larger than 200 bp were cloned and three to six cDNAs from 60% of all bands sequenced. Sequencing data revealed that 50% of sequenced bands contained two or more cDNA species and 30% of the bands were redundant. Taking into account this redundancy and assuming that only one cDNA species per band contributed to the differential expression pattern, the total number of genes with altered expression after MV pretreatment is estimated to be 170. Expression of 16 genes was further analyzed by Northern analysis with RNA from an independent experiment. The induction of 12 genes was confirmed, while four genes remained uninduced. Three out of these four genes were isolated from bands consisting of mixed cDNAs, indicating that they were not responsible for the differential expression pattern. The fact that expression of most of the isolated genes was reconfirmed by Northern analysis is a good indication of procedure fidelity and suggests that the number of genes transcriptionally responding to MV is close to the number estimated by sequencing data.

[0065] The nucleotide sequences and translations of 167 cDNAs isolated from differentially expressed bands were compared with nonredundant databases. Only 12 cDNAs were identical or highly similar (>90% over the whole sequence) to previously isolated tobacco genes. Of the other 145 cDNAs, 36 were significantly similar to genes/proteins with known or predicted function, and 16 to genes with no assigned function. The high percentage of cDNAs (62%) for which no similarity was found in the database can, in part, be attributed to the fact that the isolated cDNAs mostly contain the 3′ untranslated region where sequence divergence is very high. The homologues of isolated cDNAs, of which the expression was tested and reconfirmed by Northern analysis, are listed in Table 2. Data shows that in addition to antioxidant genes, genes encoding chaperones (DNAJ), transporter proteins (MDR), dioxygenases (DIOX), enzymes of carbohydrate (ATPC-L), lipid (Lox2, MFP) and terpenoid metabolism (EAS, VS), regulatory proteins (WRKY11, TPK) and pathogen-related proteins (PRB1b, CBP20) are activated during MV-induced adaptation to oxidative stress in tobacco. The large number, as well as the functional diversity of genes transcriptionally responding to MV pretreatment, indicates that AOS activate a wide range of responses within the plant cells. TABLE 1 list of stress-related genes with identification on the base of homology homology E < 10-3 with at least 20% amino acids or 50% nucleic acids identical nonredundant Clone number DD+/− N+/−/= DNA and protein sequence databases (blastx/blastn) a1-1-14.seq + SEQ ID NO: 1 a1-1-7.seq + SEQ ID NO: 166 a10-2-12.seq + hypothetical protein [Arabidopsis thaliana] (gb|AAD08932) SEQ ID NO: 2 a10-4-1.seq + metallothionein-like protein type 2 Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (gb|U35225) SEQ ID NO: 3 a10-4-12.seq + SEQ ID NO: 4 a10-4-15.seq + SEQ ID NO: 5 a14-1-1.seq + = serine carboxypeptidase-like protein Oryza sativa (dbj|BAA04511) SEQ ID NO: 6 a14-1-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 7 a14-1-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 8 a18-1-5.seq + EREBP-1 Matricaria chamomilla (dbj|BAA87068) SEQ ID NO: 9 a18-1-8.seq + SEQ ID NO: 10 a18-3-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 11 a18-3-3.seq + EIF-5A (eukaryotic initiation factor 5A2) Solanum tuberosum (sp|P56333) SEQ ID NO: 12 a18-4-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 13 a19-3-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 14 a19-3-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 15 a19-3-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 16 a19-3-9.seq + SEQ ID NO: 17 a20-1-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 18 a3-2-2.seq − ribosomal protein L12 (60S) Prunus armeniaca (sp|O50003) SEQ ID NO: 19 a8-1-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 20 a8-1-2.seq − geranyl-geranyl reductase chlP-gene Nicotiana tabacum (emb|CAA07683) SEQ ID NO: 21 a8-1-4.seq − early wound inducive gene Nicotiana tabacum (dbj|BAA95791) SEQ ID NO: 22 a9-1-2.seq + epoxide hydrolase Nicotiana tabacum (gb|AAB02006) SEQ ID NO: 23 a9-3-4.seq + immediate-early salicylate-induced glucosyltransferase (IS10a) Nicotiana tabacum (gb|U32643) SEQ ID NO: 24 a9-4-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 25 a9-5-9.seq + SEQ ID NO: 26 a9-6-11.seq − SEQ ID NO: 27 a9-7-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 28 a9-7-10.seq + lipoxygenase LOX1 Nicotiana tabacum (emb|X84040) SEQ ID NO: 29 a9-7-11.seq + SEQ ID NO: 30 c1-1-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 31 c1-1-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 32 c1-2-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 33 c1-3-12.seq − SEQ ID NO: 34 c10-3-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 35 c10-3-5.seq − SEQ ID NO: 36 c11-2-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 37 c11-3-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 38 c11-3-3.seq + caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase Nicotiana tabacum (emb|Z56282) SEQ ID NO: 39 c13-1-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 40 c13-2-1.seq + L19 ribosomal protein Nicotiana tabacum (emb|Z31720) SEQ ID NO: 41 c13-3-13.seq + 23S 4.5S rRNA genes chlP-genes Nicotiana tabacum (gb|J01446) SEQ ID NO: 42 c13-3-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 43 c14-1-60.seq + glycolate oxidase Lycopersicon esculentum (pir|T07032) SEQ ID NO: 44 c14-2-10.seq + SEQ ID NO: 45 c14-2-15.seq + ribosomal protein L35-like (60S) Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB85998) SEQ ID NO: 46 c14-3-4.seq + ribosomal protein L23a-like (60S) Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB75762) SEQ ID NO: 47 c14-5-1.seq − predicted protein Oryza sativa (dbj|BAA83350) SEQ ID NO: 48 c14-6-11.seq + predicted protein Arabidopsis thaliana (pir|T02387) SEQ ID NO: 49 c14-7-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 50 c15-1-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 51 c15-1-4.seq + + pathogen-and wound-inducible antifungal protein CBP20 precursor Nicotiana tabacum (gb|AAB29959) SEQ ID NO: 52 c15-11-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 53 c15-11-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 54 c15-2-8.seq + hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB88533) SEQ ID NO: 55 c15-3-4.seq + hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF63779) SEQ ID NO: 56 c15-6-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 57 c15-6-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 58 c15-7-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 59 c15-8-5.seq − SEQ ID NO: 60 c17-3-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 61 c17-3-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 62 c17-5-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 63 c17-5-8.seq − SEQ ID NO: 64 c17-6-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 65 c18-1-2.seq + + DNAJ protein-like Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB86070) SEQ ID NO: 66 c18-2-1.seq + CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) b subunit Oxytricha nova (gb|AF188130) SEQ ID NO: 67 c19-2-11.seq + SEQ ID NO: 68 c19-3-10.seq + SEQ ID NO: 69 c19-4-19.seq + SEQ ID NO: 70 c19-4-22.seq + SEQ ID NO: 71 c19-5-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 72 c19-5-4.seq − SEQ ID NO: 73 c19-6-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 74 c19-7-4.seq + putative translation initiation factor 2B beta subunit (NIFb) EIF2B beta homolog Nicotiana tabacum (gb|AF137288) SEQ ID NO: 75 c2-1-10.seq − SEQ ID NO: 76 c2-11-14.seq + SEQ ID NO: 77 c2-11-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 78 c2-2-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 79 c2-2-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 80 c2-4-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 81 c2-5-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 82 c2-6-5.seq − SEQ ID NO: 83 c2-7-1.seq + nonsucrose-inducible patatin precursor-strand Solanum brevidens (gb|U09331) SEQ ID NO: 84 c2-9-14.seq − SEQ ID NO: 85 c20-1-4.seq + DNA-binding protein (pabf) Nicotiana tabacum (gb|U06712) SEQ ID NO: 86 c3-2-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 87 c3-3-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 88 c3-4-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 89 c4-1-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 90 c4-3-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 91 c5-1-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 92 c6-8-13.seq + SEQ ID NO: 93 c6-8-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 94 c6-8-9.seq + SEQ ID NO: 95 c7-1-2.seq − SEQ ID NO: 96 c7-1-6.seq − SEQ ID NO: 97 c7-3-10.seq − SEQ ID NO: 98 c7-3-3.seq − hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB62623) SEQ ID NO: 99 c7-3-9.seq − SEQ ID NO: 100 c8-1-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 101 c9-1-4.seq + hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (dbj|BAB08809) SEQ ID NO: 102 g10-1-1.seq + putative ABA-responsive protein Arabidopsis thaliana (dbj|BAB11190) SEQ ID NO: 103 g12-1-21.seq − hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (pir|T01731) SEQ ID NO: 104 g12-1-5.seq − Putative membrane-related protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAD38248) SEQ ID NO: 105 g14-2-4.seq + + vetispiradiene synthase Solanum tuberosum (gb|AAD02223) SEQ ID NO: 106 g14-3-10.seq + SEQ ID NO: 107 g14-3-22.seq + hypothetical protein Spinacia oleracea (pir|T09217) SEQ ID NO: 108 g14-3-3.seq + Sequence 162 from Patent EP0953640 Nicotiana tabacum (emb|AX014606) SEQ ID NO: 109 g14-3-4.seq + HR associated Ca2+-binding protein Phaseolus vulgaris (gb|AAD47213) SEQ ID NO: 110 g14-3-7.seq + SEQ ID NO: 111 g15-1-37.seq + putative golgi transport complex protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF16568) SEQ ID NO: 112 g15-2-2.seq + = ubiquitin Nicotiana tabacum (gb|U66264) able to induce HR-like lesions SEQ ID NO: 113 g15-3-11.seq − Sequence 7 from Patent EP0953640 Nicotiana tabacum (emb|AX014451) SEQ ID NO: 114 g15-3-7.seq − SEQ ID NO: 115 g15-4-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 116 g17-2-13.seq + + WRKY DNA binding protein Solanum tuberosum (emb|CAB97004) SEQ ID NO: 117 g17-3-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 118 g18-4-7.seq + putative ribosomal protein L18 (60S) Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF26138) SEQ ID NO: 119 g18-5-1.seq − SEQ ID NO: 120 g18-5-12.seq − SEQ ID NO: 121 g18-6-12.seq + SEQ ID NO: 122 g18-6-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 123 g18-7-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 124 g18-8-7.seq + SEQ ID NO: 125 g19-1-5.seq − unknown protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF23197) SEQ ID NO: 126 g19-1-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 127 g19-1-7.seq + putative protein Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB82697) SEQ ID NO: 128 g19-2-1.seq + SEQ ID NO: 129 g19-2-9.seq + SEQ ID NO: 130 g2-1-2.seq + + 5-epi-aristolochene synthase Nicotiana tabacum (emb|Y08847) SEQ ID NO: 131 g20-2-20.seq + hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF14679) SEQ ID NO: 132 g20-2-29.seq + SEQ ID NO: 133 g20-2-31.seq + SEQ ID NO: 134 g3-1-1.seq + ankyrin-like protein Arabidopsis thaliana (dbj|BAB10271) SEQ ID NO: 135 g3-1-4.seq + = ADP-ribosylation factor Capsicum annuum (gb|AAF65512) SEQ ID NO: 136 g6-2-13.seq + + leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase 2, putative; 51024-52213 Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAG21532) SEQ ID NO: 137 g6-3-7.seq + + ATP citrate lyase Arabidopsis thaliana (dbj|BAB09916) SEQ ID NO: 138 g6-4-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 139 g6-4-5.seq + ATP-dependent protease proteolytic subunit ClpP-like protein Arabidopsis thaliana (dbj|BAB09831) SEQ ID NO: 140 g7-1-1.seq + RNA-binding protein MEI2 (meiotic regulator), putative; 36123-32976 Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAG12640) SEQ ID NO: 141 g7-1-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 142 g9-2-2.seq + + P-glycoprotein-like protein Arabidopsis thaliana (emb|CAB71875) SEQ ID NO: 143 g9-2-6.seq + SEQ ID NO: 144 g9-3-17.seq + SEQ ID NO: 145 g9-3-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 146 g9-5-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 147 g9-6-1.seq + + lipoxygenase Solanum tuberosum (gb|AAD09202) SEQ ID NO: 148 t12-1-7.seq + + serine/threonine/tyrosine-specific protein kinase APK1A Arabidopsis thaliana (sp|Q06548) SEQ ID NO: 149 t12-2-1.seq + chitinase class 4 Vigna unguiculata (pir|S57476) SEQ ID NO: 150 t12-2-18.seq + SEQ ID NO: 151 t18-2-5.seq + + basic PRB-1b Nicotiana tabacum (emb|X66942) SEQ ID NO: 152 t18-3-2.seq + SEQ ID NO: 153 t18-3-6.seq + RNA-or ssDNA-binding protein Vicia faba (pir|T12196) SEQ ID NO: 154 t18-4-18.seq − ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small subunit Solanum tuberosum (emb|X55650) SEQ ID NO: 155 t-2-1-1.seq + ubiquitin carrier protein Lycopersicon esculentum (sp|P35135) SEQ ID NO: 156 t2-1-3.seq + Hypothetical protein chlP Nicotiana tobacum (sp|P12204) SEQ ID NO: 157 t2-6-3.seq + SEQ ID NO: 158 t7-1-12.seq + = Hypothetical protein Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF26468) SEQ ID NO: 159 t7-1-14.seq + t7-2-4.seq + intron SEQ ID NO: 167 t7-2-4.seq + + Multifunctional protein of glyoxysomal fatty acid beta-oxidation Brassica napus (emb|AJ000886) SEQ ID NO: 161 t7-4-7.seq + putative glutathione S-transferase; 80986-80207 Arabidopsis thaliana (gb|AAF15930) SEQ ID NO: 161 t7-4-8.seq + SEQ ID NO: 162 t7-5-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 163 t7-5-5.seq + SEQ ID NO: 164 t7-6-4.seq + SEQ ID NO: 165

[0066] All GenBank, or other databases, references cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each reference were individually and specifically indicated to be incorporated by reference and were set forth in its entirety herein. TABLE 2 Genes isolated by differential display with induction confirmed by Northern Analysis. Columns refer, respectively, to the clone number, the name of the predicted gene, the length of isolated cDNA including both primers, the length of deduced partial protein sequence, the (putative) homologue with highest e-value identified in the database, accession number of a (putative) homologue, percentage of the amino acid sequence identity (superscript indicates homology of the same segment to similar domains localized upstream⁽¹⁾ and downstream⁽²⁾ in the homologous protein), and the length of the high-scoring segment pair(s) identified by blastx homology search. cDNA Peptide HSPS Clone cDNA/gene length length Accession % sequence length Number name (bp) (aa) (Putative) homologue Number identity (aa) (aa) T18-2-5 PRB-1b 448 48 pathogenesis-related protein 1b, PRB-1b emb|X66942 100% 47 Nicotiana tabacum) SEQ ID NO: 152 C15-1-4 CBP20 508 84 pathogen- and wound-inducible antifungal gb|AAB29959  98% 84 protein CBP20 (clone cbp20-52) (Nicotiana tabacum) SEQ ID NO: 52 G2-1-2 EAS 228 8 5-epi-aristolochene synthase (clone str319) emb|Y08847 100% 7 (Nicotiana tabacum) SEQ ID NO: 131 G14-2-4 VS 382 66 vetispiradiene synthase (Solanum tuberosum) gb|AAD02223 100% 65 SEQ ID NO: 106 G6-3-7 ATPC-L 397 49 ATP citrate-lyase (Arabidopsis thaliana) dbj|BAB09916  97% 48 SEQ ID NO: 138 C18-1-2 DNAJ 397 89 DnaJ-like protein (Arabidopsis thaliana) emb|CAB86070  75% 88 SEQ ID NO: 66 G9-2-2 MDR 505 96 P-glycoprotein-like protein (Arabidopsis emb|CAB71875  68%⁽¹⁾ 91 thaliana), nucleotide binding fold (NBF2  91%⁽²⁾ 95 SEQ ID NO: 143 G6-2-13 DIOX 525 96 Leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase 2-like gb|AAG21532  80% 92 protein (Arabidopsis thaliana) SEQ ID NO: 137 G9-6-1 Lox2 269 19 Lipoxygenase (Solanum tuberosum) SEQ ID gb|AAD09202 100% 17 NO: 148 T7-2-4 MFP 413 55 multifunctional protein of glyoxysomal fatty emb|AJ000886  61% 46 acid beta-oxidation (Brassica napus) SEQ ID NO: 160 T12-1-7 TPK 361 75 protein tyrosine-serine-threonine kinase sp|Q06548  36% 82 APK1A (Arabidopsis thaliana) SEQ ID NO: 149 G17-2-13 WRKY11 548 87 WRKY DNA binding protein (Solanum emb|CAB97004  94% 86 tuberosum) SEQ ID NO: 117; SEQ ID NO: 168; and SEQ ID NO: 169

[0067] All GenBank, or other databases, references cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each reference were individually and specifically indicated to be incorporated by reference and were set forth in its entirety herein.

EXAMPLE IV MV-Induced Genes are Regulated Differently during the Treatment

[0068] Of the antioxidant genes tested, only expression of Gpx and SodCc correlated with enhanced tolerance of pretreated samples (FIG. 3). To further investigate the transcriptional response of genes induced during adaptation to MV, Northern hybridizations were performed for a subset of identified genes (Table 2) during the pretreatment and the treatment (FIG. 4). The earliest gene induction could be observed already after one hour of the pretreatment for MFP and Lox2 and is likely related to the wounding of the tissue during the leaf disc preparation. Lipoxygenase (Lox) and multifunctional protein (MFP) are both implicated in a pathway leading to lipid breakdown products such as jasmonic acid, and wounding may induce their expression (Mueller, 1997). This induction was transient and was seen in both water reference samples and MV-pretreated samples.

[0069] During the first four hours of the pretreatment, there was no discernible induction of gene expression by MV, while during the treatment, the induction was already visible after three hours. The concentration of MV during the treatment was ten times higher, suggesting that the timing of induction is concentration-dependent. All genes, except DIOX, were induced after 12 hours of the pretreatment with 0.1 μM MV, but more detailed time course analysis would be required to determine exact timing of induction. The low level of induction at this time point probably reflects the preceding dark period of eight hours with no photosynthetic activity. The primary site of action of MV in photosynthesizing plants are the chloroplasts (Halliwell and Gutteridge, 1989) and active photosynthesis is required for maximal generation of superoxide by this redox-cycling compound. This is in agreement with the further and much stronger induction of the mRNA level on the light during the last five hours of the pretreatment.

[0070] Expression of all genes, except DIOX, was further induced during the treatment with 1 μM MV and the induction started within the first three hours of the treatment. In the course of the treatment, two different expression patterns were essentially recognized.

[0071] For one group of genes (PRB-1b, CBP20, VS, MDR, DNAJ and WRKY11), expression was induced by a 1 μM MV treatment in both the 0.1 μM MV-pretreated samples and water reference samples such that the level of transcript remained higher in the 0.1 μM MV-pretreated samples for at least six hours, which is the time when the difference in tolerance between pretreated and nonpretreated samples began to be manifested. The increase in transcript levels with time was rather slow, reaching the maximum between six and nine hours in water reference samples, while it was generally three hours earlier in MV-pretreated samples. Towards the end of the treatment, the transcript level declined. A similar expression pattern was observed for antioxidant genes GPx and SodCc (FIG. 3).

[0072] The second group of genes (EAS, TPK, Lox2 and MFP) was also transcriptionally induced by a 1 μM MV treatment (except Lox2 in MV-pretreated samples) but with different kinetics. The induction was much stronger in the water reference samples, so the differences in mRNA level between MV-pretreated and the water reference samples diminished. The response was also faster, with transcript levels reaching a maximum within three hours (six hours for MFP) in both water reference and MV-pretreated samples. The kinetics of ATPC-L expression had rather intermediate character with respect to the expression patterns of the two described gene groups. Together, these data indicate the presence of at least two different mechanisms for activation of defense genes by MV.

EXAMPLE V Overexpression of WRKY11 Provokes Oxidative Stress Tolerance

[0073] Full-length cDNA sequence was obtained by 5′ RACE using total leaf RNA and a gene-specific 3′ primer.

[0074] The corresponding gene was designated WRKY11 (SEQ ID NOS:168 and 169) because ten nonidentical tobacco WRKY genes were already present in the database.

[0075] WRKY proteins are divided into three classes based on type and number of WRKY domains. WRKY family members show only little homology among each other outside of the WRKY domains (Eulgem, Rushton et al., 2000). Database search (blastx on nrprot) revealed only one protein that is significantly similar to WRKY1 (SEQ ID NO: 169) within the N-terminal part of the protein: StWRKIY1 from potato (Dellagi, Heilbronn et al., 2000).

[0076] Segregating populations (F2) of A. thaliana plants (C 24) transformed with WRKY11 under control of the 35S promoter (35S—WRKY11) or with WRKY11 fused to the VP16 activation domain under control of the 35S promoter (35S—WRKY11-VP16) were grown on MS media with kanamycine. Approximately three-week-old seedlings resistant to kanamycine from 3:1 segregating lines (WV4 and WV9 WRKY11-VP16 transformed lines) were transferred to the solid media containing ½ MS salts, 1% sucrose and 2 μM methyl viologen (MV) or on plates without MV. As control plants, untransformed A. thaliana plants were used (C24). After three to four weeks, phenotypic differences were assessed.

[0077] On control plates without MV, no difference in growth between WRKY11-VP16 transformants and controls were observed (FIG. 5A). On plates containing MV, growth of all plants was retarded; however, differences in growth and MV tolerance between lines overexpressing WRKY11 and control plants were observed.

[0078] Line WV4 was more tolerant to MV than untransformed Arabidopsis control (C24). However, line WV9 did not differ significantly from control in its growth and MV tolerance (FIG. 5B).

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1 173 1 233 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a1-1-14 1 gtaacgaggt acagaagcat tgtattacaa tgttattcat cacatgatat taaagaggta 60 gggtttantt tgttggacat tgaagctaaa atttctcttt aacacttaat gaaatattta 120 atttagattc aggctcacag acttgacgct gctatttttt tactcagtaa gatcatcttt 180 atctgtagtc tgtaccaata ataaaagccc aaaccccttt aaccacattc atc 233 2 314 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a10-2-12 2 aatggaagag gtcaagaaga atgtaaatgg cttttcagag accattgagg ttttgagtca 60 gcacgccaag aaatgtaacc aggatattag gatggcacga gcagtgatct tgcggaagat 120 tgtcagtcaa cccagtagct ngaatcaggg cattggtatg ttctttgatt gacagtagnt 180 gtcttgnnga ttttcttttt gtttatatac catgtatgtt tgtaaaaagt tggtccaatt 240 atgttctgtt ggatctgttg atttgagatt tttgacccct gcagaaaatt aagttatagt 300 cctcattttg ttag 314 3 286 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a10-4-1 3 ggcagcggct gcggaggatg tgggatctac ccagacttgg agaagtccat acctttacca 60 tcgttgatgg tgttgctccc atgaagagct ttgaggaatt tggagagaaa gcagcagaag 120 gaggaaatgg ctgcaaatgc ggatcaaact gcacctgtga cccttgcaat tgttaagata 180 attctcttgt gattccacaa taatgtgtgt gttttctgta ataataagga taaaactaca 240 gctagccatg gaactgattg tcagttttta ggtttgtttg ttctga 286 4 286 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a10-4-12 4 gacatcagct gttggagctc aagactttcc tcctgtttca caatatgact ataaatantt 60 gcaacttcag ctgttggagc tcaacatttg caagtgatta ttggctttga agagaactta 120 atttattggt tgtgacttgg tggcaaatta tgtgttttca agtagtaatt tgccttgtgc 180 ctctatgttt tcaantagta atttgccttc gcgagttgat tacatgagaa atcagattct 240 cagtctttgt gtagtaatta tttgggctgg tgccatcagc caagtg 286 5 278 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a10-4-15 5 ctacaaaaga aaggttattt atacaatatg cattgtaaaa aatcaaccgt taatacaatg 60 ggcngcataa catataatat aagattttga taacctaatg accaacaaca cttatttata 120 taatatgtgg aaaagatgca tccaactatc acagatataa catccaaagg ctatacttaa 180 tttctnctaa ataacaaaca cacacttaat ccgtcactcc tcgtgtgtac aagcaatagt 240 ccccaattta gttgtcatcc tctaacattc aatattcc 278 6 349 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a14-1-1 ; homology with a serine carboxypeptidase 6 gcagaaagat tttgggggng gcaccatctg gtttctttca cagtagatgg tgaggagaaa 60 ggaattcaaa agagctatgg acctctgact ttcctcaaag tcccatgatg caggtcatat 120 ggtgccaatg gaccaaccaa aggcagcact cgaaatgctc cagaggtgga ctgctcaagg 180 caaattgtcc taagaagatt atcttgctca catgtgaagc atcaatttaa gaaccacact 240 taactgaaac agatttaaca tttttccagc tttaaaattc catcaaaaca tagaaaatca 300 tgtagataca tttcaccttt tcaggttacc ctgaaatctg tcaatgaaa 349 7 367 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a14-1-3 7 gtggaggaaa ggttcaggga aggttgtcgg agtcaatgcc gccgatgccg ggaaagttta 60 cctgagaaat gaaactgccg gaattttgac ggttggcgac atgaggaacg ttaagtcacc 120 gttagagata acggagggtg acgacacgtg gtgggacgcg gacgccgtta caatcgagga 180 gcagtttgac ggttcaaata aaactagtca aattgaacga gtttcactga ctcggtgaat 240 gaatgatcta aaaagggtaa aatcgtaaat gacaaaggcg aaatgtgaag gaacgaacac 300 tcgtccgtgt ttgtctgtaa atataattat tttcaataat tattggaaat gataatttaa 360 tatttgg 367 8 389 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a14-1-4 8 ggaagaagaa agagaaaggg ctgagaaaga gaaagagaaa gagaaagaag cagctgctga 60 agaagccaag attactgata aagtgaacga aaatgagaag tcggagagta atattgtcaa 120 ggaaaatcca gagggtaatg gtgttaagga aaatggtaag tcggaaaata atgttgtcaa 180 ggaaaatggt gatgttagta aaggttgatc atgaaatgat tgattaatta ggagttccac 240 ttaaaactag gatccaataa ttttgaatag ttttgctgtg ttcacattgt tgactttgtt 300 attcaaacta ttcggatgga agtagtggat gtcgcaaatt acatttagta ttactacctt 360 cttgtgaaag taacattttc ataatttag 389 9 317 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a18-1-5 ; homology with EREBP-1 9 ggacatacna nacggcggag gatgcggcgt tggcgtatga caaggcggcg tatcgaattc 60 ggggatcgcg tgcagtgttg aatttcccgt tgagggttaa ttcgggtgaa ccggaaccgg 120 ttcgggttgg ttcgaanagg tcgtcaattt cgccggagag ttcttcctcg tcgtcgtcgg 180 aaaatatttc gacaaagagg acgaagaagg ttgcccnnct atacagctga gggttaattt 240 gggaatttca aaattgttca attccatgaa caggttgagt tcaatatttt atttcatttc 300 ctctcctcnt agaaatt 317 10 276 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a18-1-8 10 ctgagctagg agagcacaca gggccttagt tcaagtggaa aaggtggaag gacttgtgat 60 taagtcacgg gtttgagcta cgtgccatgc gaattaagct tggtatttaa gtggagtagg 120 gtagaggggt ggacccatta tccgagtttc gaatgctgca gttgtnccta gacagatttc 180 tcggtcctca aaataaaata aaataaatga gcttggagaa taaactccat ttttgtgaca 240 gtacaatctt ctgcataaac atanctcaaa aagtgt 276 11 293 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a18-3-2 11 gatgtacctg aagccactgc tatggantat gttggaggta ttttatcaac aattggcnaa 60 anatgtatgc tcgattttgt attttgattc ntaaanttga taannnngag ntgaantcga 120 ctgtattttg caagngtagt tatatcttta atcttgtttc ataaaatgca tgtgtgattg 180 ttattttagt cgatagaaaa aagaaagacc cngtatagtt tgttgatctg tgctgcagtt 240 tttgacagcc aatgctgttt tttaggttac aatatgnagt tgattttcta ttg 293 12 290 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a18-3-3 ; homology with EIF-5A (initiation factor 5A2) 12 ttaaaggtgg atttgaggaa ggaaaggatc ttgtgttgtc tgtgatgtct gcaatgggtg 60 aagagcagat tgccgctgtt aaggacattg gtaccaagaa ctagtcgcgc attctgcagc 120 ataaataatt tgctttagcc aagacatttt atatcttaat cgtggtactt tgatatccgt 180 tgattatgaa ctcgacttat atcctattgg catggcttga atagttgaac tttatggttt 240 gtctggtaag acagaactgg atttgatagc agaagtgatt tatatgaatg 290 13 260 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a18-4-6 13 tgatgatggc tgggttcact ccatccccaa ttagtngnaa cgtntatgan tngatccaga 60 attttatcaa gcnatatagt gnaaggnaca aagccaaggg gggggcaggt gcaatncatt 120 ttgggtgggg aganaagagn ntgattgttg cttnagcttg ggaatagtta cnaagtatgg 180 ttttctcata taaacccaca atgtgcatcg aatcaacttg tattgacatc tgactttgtg 240 ataatattca gtgtttatga 260 14 269 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a19-3-1 14 cgtgatagtt ttttcgcgac ttgattagaa gcaaatcagc aatagataag ggacttgtat 60 aaaagatagg tagcaaaata tactgtcctc ttcgtcctct gccttttttt tctttttaac 120 tttgatttta cagccatctc tggtaaaagt tctgatttct ctgggctcag ttttgttaat 180 caatataaat caatataaaa acagcttgct tttctatgtt tnggttgatt tagatatgca 240 aatncttggt agagctgttt ctctttncc 269 15 268 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a19-3-3 15 gagtaaaatt catatttgat aattatacaa ggaaattaca ttcttaaaga agtgattttg 60 atttgagttc caagatttgg tgaagttact aaacagattt tgagttccta acttgtgcgc 120 aatgctggat aactcagcca ttttaatatt ctagtactcc attaatttat tgtttcttaa 180 cctatgtgta tgtttttcct gccgcagcaa ctttagttga tttcagagta ttcgttttga 240 tttgctcgaa aattgaaaag gacttgcc 268 16 269 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a19-3-4 16 caaggcagag agacttgaat aaaggggatc atgaggattg aaccttacac ggtaagatgt 60 aaaataacag tnctatcacg gaattactat tcaatcctca aaatgataag ttgtncaaat 120 aaatggggat tataagatnc cttttatctt tgcggaaggg ggtgattttg tatnctnggg 180 atgtgtaact gttgaataaa attgtgtgaa atccattgtt cataatgtac gaaatttcaa 240 aactattata tatgcgggac tttaattta 269 17 265 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a19-3-9 17 aataaactat gaagtcgaga tatgaatcaa actgaaacct caagtaaaaa tggactcaaa 60 actcagacgc attactaaat ggcgaagtac ntngtgtgcg caaacaatac aaacaaaacc 120 tattgttaca cccattcgac aaatatttca accaaaaaac agaacgtgac cttaaaagtg 180 agacaacttc tgtaaacgtc cacacgcctc aatgatagan taataaagcc aaccaattcc 240 cagttcccat aaccccaacc caacc 265 18 359 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a20-1-3 18 ggaataaaga ttaacataaa tgtgatcccc gaaaggtaaa tacaaggatg ccaatctcta 60 ctaacatgaa atctctaatc tctatttctc atgtccaacc tcgtaaagca tgaagtccaa 120 ataaggcaag ggaaacattt cattcataga aacatgcaga aaagaattta tccagagtaa 180 taaaaactat taacctaaaa cgtcataaca aaatgagcct ggaataatac cctacagcag 240 taaaacttaa cgtccaaaaa cacaacacat aaaactcaac cacatcttgt tctgctggtg 300 gagtaaagta aaaaccaaaa aactaaaagg gggggttgag ttaaggggct tcatcatta 359 19 399 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a3-2-2 ; homology with L12 (60S) ribosomal protein 19 aagaagacca aaaacattaa gcataacggt aacatctcgc tcgatgacgt catcgagatc 60 gctaaggtga tgaagccaag atcgatggcg aaggatttga gtggaacagt gaaggagatt 120 ttgggcacgt gtgtatcagt tggttgtacg gtagatggga aggatcctaa ggatttgcag 180 caagagattg atgatggtga tgtcgagatt cctctcgatt gaatgcgaat tatcaactga 240 tngtaatatt atgttaattt tatgttattt tgttttgagg atgtcatctt gaggatcatt 300 ttgatataac tatgacattc tggaatttta tatttggaaa tgtagtttgg atttgctttt 360 tctcgatgaa gtgctttagc attgctttat gcgttttgc 399 20 287 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a8-1-1 20 gtgcaatttg cagtcactgg cgcagatcgc agagaacttg gctaaaagaa agagtaaatt 60 aacaactact cgtgactaat tctgtgtttt tttaattttt gtacattttc tctcttttaa 120 tttaggttgt ttgttgtttt gagctgttag ttttgaatga tggatagagt atttgttatt 180 attgtagatt atgaagaccc agaactgaaa cttcatagat tggtagattt cgatgactgt 240 aaggttggtt cttggaattg ttacaacgtg actgtttgat aattctg 287 21 284 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a8-1-2 ; homology with (chlorophyl)-geranyl-geranyl reductase 21 cagatgagta tgtgcagaag atgacatttg acagctattt gtacaagaaa gtggcaccag 60 gaaaccccat tgaagacttg aagcttgctg tgaataccat tggaagtttg gtgagagcta 120 atgcactaag aagggaaatg gacaaactca gagtataaga ggattaatag cattaatatt 180 tttcttgtaa ctgaagagtt tatttctcaa attactctgt aaacaccttt catccttcct 240 tcaataggat ttatgtaact tcatgatttg agttacattt cttc 284 22 287 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a8-1-4 ; homology with an early wound inducive gene 22 gaacatgctg attgcagcag ttgaagaacg atatagagat gcagctctgt ggagggacaa 60 gcttactcaa ctgcggtcca aacgaaactg gatataacag gtgtgcttta gagttgtctg 120 agcaaaggac tactgtgtat atagggagtt attcatcgga gccaatgtgg tcagcatcgt 180 caaagatcaa ttgtagctct ccgttaatat gtaaaataac ttgtgaatat ctgtatagat 240 tgtaatgcta atgtaaaaca aacaggtaaa cttatggttc ttggaca 287 23 344 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-1-2 ; homology with epoxide hydrolase [I] 23 cgttaaaagt ggaatggtga aagaatatgt gcctaatctg gaaaccatat tcttaccaga 60 aggcagtcat tttgtacaag agcagtttcc tgaacaggtc aatcagttga ttatcacctt 120 cctcaaaaag ctcatataat aaactgcttg ccagcgacgt tgaataaagg gcaacccagt 180 gcacgaaact cccgttatgc acaaggtttg ggaggagccg gcatttgggt cttatttttc 240 agagttgaat gttgatctca gttttatcaa acaataccat atcacatttt cggcatattt 300 ctacttgtat gttgatcaat aaaagggacg atggtttacg cgcc 344 24 255 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-3-4 ; homology with ISI10a glucosyl transferase [I] 24 aagagagtaa tggtgagtga agaagcagag ggattcagaa acagagctaa agcgtataag 60 gagatggcaa gaaaagctat tgaaggagga ggatcatctt acactggatt gactactttg 120 ttggaagata ttagtacata tagttttact ggtcattaag ttatgattaa aaaaaaagta 180 gttcttagta tgatttctat actgtttttg tgctttttct gtatgtgact gtgctaattt 240 aaacatttcc ttttg 255 25 216 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-4-1 25 cattaaacaa gaattagcgg tggganttgg gcaagaaaat tagaattgga tctaccgtgt 60 gtgcttttta gcctattgaa aatcggattg cattttgctc taggcttatg atcttgtttt 120 agcttgctcc tattggtgtt tattttttan tatgttttat gtattaaagg naggattcag 180 agaataaata catattgttt atttctagtt ttgtca 216 26 212 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-5-9 26 ataagaagaa aattacctct acaatcttta cttagaattg tggatgtaga gcaaggatgc 60 anagacccga gctaatatga atttataaat atggattgtt gatctataat aagatataag 120 tttcgatact ttctgatatt ttgctataga atttggagat gaatggtatc tccagaactc 180 tcattcattt gtaaaaagtt tttgattctt gg 212 27 199 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-6-11 27 taagcagtga cggagatacc ctttacagag agtgtgtggg tgtcatctaa ctagctgctt 60 cataaaacat ctnccttgtg tatatatcta tatttaaatt attttatatg tatatataga 120 taatagctag ttatcataat atantttaaa tattgatttg agacaagaaa taaaatctca 180 aaaccaacat attctttcc 199 28 178 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-7-1 28 gaaatgagag attgaatttc aatgantgca tttcaggaag agtactctgt gatgttcaaa 60 gtttgcagtg aattatcgta gtgtattnct agtggtggtt ggtncattac ctttcccaaa 120 taagacattt attgtttgac atnccaattg anaaatgtca ttttgtatcg ttctcttg 178 29 196 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-7-10 ; homology with LOX1 (lipoxygenase) [I] 29 tagaacttta attcaatata aaagtattaa atccangtgt tgttattgtt tctttatatt 60 cctaataata atagaaaata aaatttttta tttttatttc aagggagttc cagctacagc 120 taaaggangt aatgctgtag gctcttctgt tctgtaagta attcatttgt atcaacaagt 180 gcccagtttt aaattg 196 30 197 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a9-7-11 30 gaagacaaga aaaactatag gacattacgt aaatattgaa tatagataga cttatgcgat 60 tgtgatgtaa gaaaccttta gaagacattg tcaaactcca gcttctctaa cttgtaagaa 120 atgatcaaga gtgaacctgg cacagtcgat ccgcaatttg ttgctgtttt gtcttcaatt 180 taacactacg cttccac 197 31 340 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c1-1-3 31 aatcattaag gtttaaaaga aaagataaca cgtaaaaacg catccttttt acctttatcg 60 tcaaatttca aatgatgaat tacggagaaa ccgaatttgc aaactccata actctgctgc 120 tgttattctc gtctcagaga gggagagacg cacaacgaac atcaaaatag cgggagaagc 180 tcggaaaaat atgttttcat atatttatat aatttgaagt gaatttgttg tgttgaaaat 240 ttaactccct ctgtggattg ttattgaaga tataattttt tttcaatgtt cgttttctgt 300 ttcgattatt gaaagatagc aacagaaaga ttgtggctta 340 32 336 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c1-1-5 32 tgtatgatcg aggtgtaagc cctcttcctg ctgccaatgc agtagttggt ctgaggagtt 60 gacaattgat gacaggtgtt gacagttgat gattttcttt cctactagat taaagtctac 120 cttcactcat gtacatgata agcatttgta cagaacagtt atggttctgt ttataaaaaa 180 agattaggta gtcttgactt gcatttctgt gtattttgaa agtgcagact cgctctttaa 240 cttctatgcg tgttggcttc ttgggccttc tccttcttgc tcgtgattgc ttcttataaa 300 atttaagtaa aaatacatag cctggcattg ttcttg 336 33 400 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c1-2-2 33 agctacgann tgnctcnagg gcnngcaant gcgncgngng antnatngca ncnnngannt 60 antgttnnan ctggaacnga ntccangcaa cctgtttctg tggattcttc cacgtacctt 120 tggcttgttg atacatgtag atcgtattgc cgtcaacact taataacttg tacacgaaac 180 agcttctgtt ttgaagtctt tcccagtcaa tggtcgatag cattaatcgg ctgagatgga 240 gcttagatcc caagagtagc tgccttttag acggtttgac ctaatcgtgt gttttgactc 300 tattatgata ccttcatctg ctgcactaag aaattgacaa gtgcggtgaa tttcttacat 360 gaggaaattt caactggaat gccttagtat tattgtgttt 400 34 330 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c1-3-12 34 ggaatggatg atctgaaagc atcttaagtc taaaggaagt ttgcaactca gttgagattc 60 atccacactg agagaaactt ctgaaacaac catacttctg ctttatcctg ttgtaccatg 120 aatagctgta gcagcagaca atgagctttt tttaaagaca tttggtttgt aacttaaaac 180 ggaaggaact ggattgaggc aataagtgat tctggagaat agtgttttga ctcaaatatt 240 taatttcatt ttccagatca tgatcacctc ttgtgatttt acatgtttaa ggacttcaag 300 tgaatgtatt gttcagtaag tgttattacc 330 35 334 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c10-3-1 35 gagtaggatg ctggtgggat ggtcttctgt tttacagaat cctttacaga tctggtattc 60 aagaagacca tgtaggatgg taggatgtct tgagatgaag catgaattat cttacgccgg 120 aaattttaag aactttttgc catttttcat ttacagctca acagtttata tcgattagta 180 gatttagagc ttcctcattc catattctaa tccttccaac acattatcct agtctgtcta 240 gtattccttt tactgcattg ggcaaacttt gagctataat tgtactggtc ccaagcttca 300 aaagaatgta tgaaatgagc cattcactcg ttga 334 36 334 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c10-3-5 36 gnanagagng naantttggg ngganagntg ctgttgcnaa nccctanttt cncccngcca 60 antgnggaaa ggaattaata aaanaagttt ggattatnga acgtnggaag naacaaaatt 120 agtaattctt attactagtt attttcattt gttaacacca ataataacta atttgcttgt 180 ttggcttcat atctggatgc tcgcttgtgt agcttattat tgtcattgtt tgtatgaata 240 aaccaaggcg acgggcaact cttgactctt gtaaaaagta gacggtttct cagtgtagaa 300 gtcggagtag taccattcct gaaatcttgt cttt 334 37 216 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c11-2-1 37 aatatgaagg ggggtaaatc cgtaaatata attaactaat caaatatcga ttacaaaatt 60 gtaagataat tgattgaaga atatccttct tttgtacata attattttca agattatata 120 aaatgaaaat tgatgtttga tcgagatgac tttccattat ttaagttgaa aatggagagt 180 ggttgtttca atataagtat tttaatctga ttttct 216 38 179 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c11-3-1 38 aagtgttaag taaaggtttc cattgcttat ccccggtata tttaccttat cattttctgg 60 ttggacatta ccgtgatagc tagaagataa tcatgttgac tgagaaatct tatttctatg 120 actgtaaaat ttgttaaaaa tgagaacgag ataagatttc ctattccgaa gcacatact 179 39 182 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c11-3-3 ; homology with caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase 3′ [I] 39 ggaggataaa atatcatctt gtaaataaac tttactcaag ccgaatgaga caaattttaa 60 gtatttgtta caatttcaga agtacaatat ttgaaataca aatatataga aatattaata 120 gcgataatag tcatgagata caaaatattt attcacaaat caaaagaaaa acaaaggtag 180 tt 182 40 441 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c13-1-6 40 catcggatgg aggacaaggc aagtgaaggg gacagcaaga aacctcagag cagctcgaat 60 agacagactc ccacttcaaa tccatttcca gcttcttcgc aatctcctcc aattgccaaa 120 tccacaagta ataaaagcaa aagcccgctg cctccatctt tgccattgat atcagattca 180 acgtcgtcat cgtcgcaatc tcctcctata gttgccaaat ccacaagtaa taaagttaca 240 anaccgcaac ctccatcttc gttgatatca gaatcaaatt catcttagaa ttcttgatgc 300 agaatggccg tgctttattt gattcaccag tgattctttt gctcgatgct acaaaatact 360 agtaattaac taccactcga gaagccttgc aaattttgta tacacgaatg cattcaatga 420 actgggatcg accttctttg t 441 41 340 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c13-2-1 ; homology with L19 ribosomal protein 41 agggaccagg agagaggcca gttcaacctg cagctccggc tgttgccgca ccagcccaac 60 cagctcaggg atctaagaag tcaaagaagt gagcatgatg aattgtaagg agggtgccaa 120 gcctgctttt tgttcttgct agtataacag tttagcatgt ttgatctgtt cccttattgg 180 tcttttaact ttggaagaca acgttacctg tacgaatttg gaagctggtt taaagttttg 240 ataccttgtt tctcagtgat accttttact catgttttga ttatatattc aacttagttg 300 ttttgcgtcg catggaatgt agtgagtgag cagctatttg 340 42 184 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c13-3-13 ; homology with 23S 4.5S rRNA genes (chl) 42 ccagagacga ggaagggcgt agtaatcgac gaaatgcttc ggggagttga aaataagcat 60 agatccggag attcccgaat agggcaacct ttcgaactgc tgctgaatcc atggacaagt 120 aatgagacaa ccatcttgct gtatattata aagcataagt aataatccat tcttatagtg 180 agtt 184 43 186 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c13-3-6 43 gaagacaata caacattaat cacctttgcc tctgcgactt agagacaatt gaactactgc 60 attttgcttg attttctatg ttgtatcttg agtataataa cgtcgtgagt gagtttatat 120 ttgcaaagga tatccagtcc aatccatgct tgggttaaat gtatatttgc caaaaacttt 180 ctattc 186 44 549 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-1-60 ; homology with a glycolate oxidase 44 ccttcaacaa ttcatggctc ttgaagaggt tgtgaaagct gcacaaggcc ggatccctgt 60 attcttggat ggaggtgtcc gccgtggaac tgatgtcttc aaagctttgg cacttggagc 120 ttcaggcatt tttattggaa ggccagtagt tttctcattg gctgctgaag gagaagctgg 180 aatcaaaaaa gtgttgcaaa tgttgcgcga tgagtttgag ctaactatgg cattgagcgg 240 ttgccgctca ctgaacgaga taacccgcaa ccatattgtc actgaatggg atgctccacg 300 tgctgctctt ccagccccaa ggttgtgaaa atgtacctca agtgtcaaat tgtttgatca 360 aagcaaagta ttgcttcact gtttcagaag cttatatttt ggttttgaat acttgtttct 420 gtttaatgag tttacgaata tgttaagctt ttctcagtaa tggaaaactg ataaattctg 480 ataaatggcc agatatgcct ccatttgtac atcctctatt tctatatatc atcatattgt 540 gaacttttc 549 45 49 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-2-10 45 attgctatac ttttccaagt ttgataatat gaaaagacat ttctgtttg 49 46 553 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-2-15 ; homology with L35 (60S) ribosomal protein 46 ggggaaaatc aaagactgag cttttggctc agttaaagga tctgaaagca caacttgctc 60 tcctccgtgt tgctaaggtc actggcggtg ccctaacaaa ctctccaaaa ttaaggtggt 120 gaggttgtca atagcacaag tattgacagt gatatcacag aagcagaaga cagcattgag 180 aaaagcttat aagaacaaga agtacttgcc tcttgacctc cgtcccaaga agactagggc 240 cattcgtaaa cgtcttacca aacatcaggc atctttgaag actgaaaggg agaagaagaa 300 agagatgtac tttccaatta gaaagtatgc cattaaggtt tgaattgatc caacttagat 360 agtttgtgat gttagagcaa agctgaggat cattattttt gccattttgc aatgttatat 420 tttgtattac tactattatt gcattatgaa gttggagttt tgttattttg tttgccttat 480 gcgtgcaact tttatgcatg atcctgtcta cacttctttt tctacacttt tgatcgagtg 540 tcgtgattat tgt 553 47 311 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-3-4 ; homology with L25 (60S) ribosomal protein 47 taaaaggaag attaaggatg ccgtgaagaa gatgtatgac atccagacna agaaagtcaa 60 taccttgatt aggcctgatg ggactaagaa agcatatgtg aggttgactc ctgactacga 120 tgcattggac gttgccaaca aaattggaat catctaaant agtagttacc tgtttagaat 180 tttacgagaa tttaaaatct tggattgagt ttttagatac acttgaatgg aagtgccttc 240 tatttttcat tttgaatttt gtgttttgga gacatgtttt gttccgtata agagaaatca 300 acttttatgc t 311 48 272 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-5-1 ; rice genomic homology 48 actgggatag tcaaattatt gatcatgaag atgggccact cgaaagggag aagcttctgt 60 ttgcagtgaa atcatattgg acagcgccag ctgctcaagg atcttaaact acttaatccc 120 actgttttta atctttctta cttcaaagtc taatcatatt gctaatcctc tcttttattc 180 tttcacatgt taagttctag tattacttgc aaattgtaaa ctctaggatt ttaatgattc 240 ttcagcaact acactgaagt aatgagttct gt 272 49 270 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-6-11 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 49 ggaagattat gctggcgatc gccgatggac ttggatcatc gccgattcaa atggttcttg 60 atgatagtga ccagaatatg atcaaacaag ctgccgatct cgaagcttct aagcgtcctg 120 cctaattaat tataactggt ttccagttct ctagcaaaat aagtcctttt tttattgttt 180 caattttcag tcatgtcttg tttccatgct gtgttctcaa ttctgtaatt ttacatactt 240 atatacaaat gaaatgtagg acaactttat 270 50 193 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c14-7-4 50 tcaccaaatt ggcttgtnna cttataatta ttgttagcat ataaaagaat aactattgtc 60 atattacatt tttccctaat gttcaatgcc tttttagttt tcaacaaatt caatgttttt 120 tggttcactt gtttgtgaga tgattgcaaa atcatcaatg taatgcagtc tatatttgaa 180 cgaaattcat tga 193 51 203 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-1-2 51 aagaaatcct gaataacatt tcatttggga ggaggtatta tatagttaat ggatttgggg 60 tttttttgcc agtaaaattg tgttcaacat ttaatagaac tctgctgttg aaggggtttg 120 tttttatatg attagttact gtatttgtat tcaacagaca atattaattg aaatcaaatt 180 tctgcgtaga ccaacttctc ttt 203 52 492 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-1-4 ; homology with CBP20 (pathogen and wound-inducible antifungal protein) [I] 52 ggacctcgtg gccgaaactc ttgtggcaaa tgcttaaggg tgacaaatac aggcacagga 60 gctcagacca cagtgagaat cgtggatcaa tgcagcaatg gcggactaga cttggacgtt 120 aacgttttcc ggcagctcga cacagacgga agagggaatc aacgtggcca ccttattgtg 180 aactacgagt ttgttaattg tggtgacaat atgaatgttc tggtatcccc agttgacaag 240 gaataagaag ctatatatgg ccatgtttag tctttgacgg cccaaataaa agtaaaaaga 300 acgatatgta aaaggaaaaa gaaaataaag ttgctttgat ggggttaggc aattccaata 360 tctattcaag aatgtctttc gttttgggaa gaaagagtga antgtgtatt atctttgtga 420 ttttgtatgc naatattgtg atttttaaac aaanaatcnc ntgggacagt atttgttggt 480 ctccttttga ac 492 53 201 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-11-2 53 ggatcatgag gtctatcgag tgaaggcaca tgcgatggcg agcaaaaaaa agcttttgcc 60 catgtctaga acacaatgcg gatacatttg atggcccatc tgaaaggaac tatactgcat 120 ccaagctgtt aatggccata atattttcca atatcatgac atttcttcac tgttattgga 180 taaacaagct tgagatctac t 201 54 199 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-11-4 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 54 agttgtacac caaacttatc cataagtttg aaaccatttt atttccagtt tacatgtact 60 aaattatcgg tagatttgct tatatgtatt gtacagtagt tctaatggaa aggttgatgt 120 caatatctcc agagaggaca gaatgacgaa caaactgtag gtgcgagaat attgcttcta 180 aaacataaag tttcccgtt 199 55 431 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-2-8 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 55 gtcgcacaaa ggcttccgtg gatacaatac catgaagtac ccaatgttgg acatttgctt 60 attcatgatc gagccgtgaa ggaggttatc tggaagacat tcttggccgg agagaaagag 120 cagatagtgt attcttaaac gggaagaagg agatttagag gttcctttgt aagaagacac 180 attctgtgtc ttttactggt atatcctatt gcatacatat taatcatata taaagttcgt 240 gagctagtag ctcaagtttt ggaacttcgg tggataatgg tttgcccctc taccctaact 300 gagaaatcct ggggagacgc aagtttcgaa actcgatgga taatggattt gaccttctac 360 ccttctttaa gacggttttg tggtacttga atgtgcattt cggtttaaaa cgttttaggt 420 gtggccttgt g 431 56 446 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-3-4 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 56 aagaggaaca agtcatattg atcgctagat ttngcattta ccgtgtggat aaaatcctgt 60 nggagtataa tttcacttgg gacgatgtac tgaatttcag gctctacttt gcaagtagtc 120 ttaatatccc tcatagaaca ttgcctcgaa tcttcactga tgtgtttaat gaatttgctc 180 agatgagtca gagagttagc gtaaatgccg agcctatctt aaatatcgtt ccagtcttgg 240 gtgctgggag gtctttatcg accttggatg atatattcac gtgtgaattc atcgctagga 300 aatgttagat ctcatttaaa ttagggaatt atatattaaa tgttgagaaa aagagagttt 360 tgaacttgaa caaattctta taatgttatt gccaacccaa ttgttgcaaa ttacacttag 420 ctttacagga aatgaatata tgaagt 446 57 247 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-6-2 57 gaaccaagta aaaggcctga aatggaaagg aaaacaagca atcacaacta gacaacttca 60 acatagaagt gctttactac agtatttaag gacaaaatca ccaaaagcta atgaaaaaac 120 tggaggtgtt tgagcttcaa cactactcta ttggaaactg ttgtatgccg atactatgat 180 tgtgttttgg ataatatttt tgtggtgcaa gttatgatgt aatatgatgt aaactattaa 240 agcgtgt 247 58 325 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-6-3 58 accgatcaag tacctaatta gagttccaaa tgctgcttag gctttggtcc aacaaggtct 60 tgttgttcca ggcatttaac tcctttttgt ggatatcgat tctttatccg cctgtgagtg 120 gatgcttctg tttttgccat cttctggaaa gtttagttga ctgtaaaaac agctaaactg 180 taaactaaat tagcagagga aatctgccgc cagatatttc aacatgcaag gatataatac 240 ttgtcgagaa taaaattttc agcttctatg gccttttctg tgatactttc aggaaaacat 300 tctatcagaa aatacatacg ttctg 325 59 235 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-7-1 59 gttgatgatg tgaagctctt gagtgtcagg aaccctcgtc gattcctctg agtcatgtat 60 ttttatgtaa aacgatgaat tttcgagtta tagtatgagt aaatttggtt gtaatgaagc 120 aaaaagaatg tggggagttc tgtttctctt agcttgttta ctagtagtgt tttcatatga 180 gtatgtatta tactaatgtc taatgaaagg caaagaagta tatatatttt gattg 235 60 307 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c15-8-5 60 taatgagcgt gacggaccaa atttagtata tagatagtac atatctttcg cattctagta 60 caatttatac ccatacaaga gtatacattt atgttactcc atacaaatga aagttaaaaa 120 agttattgaa tgtggaattc ataatcatag ggacaagcga tgtgaattct ctatgttttg 180 atgaacgact tgtatgatat gcttccttag aatacanaaa ttaaatatat ttattgcnaa 240 aaaaaaaata cntgactcan aggaatcnac gagggttcct gacnctcaag agcttcacnt 300 cntcanc 307 61 342 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c17-3-1 61 aagaatacaa gtactgcatg cacaagcatt ccctngggca gagcttggat gatattaaag 60 gttccttcga gtggtaaatt ggcaaaatct gctagcgtgg cctgtgtacn cctgcatctt 120 ttcccattaa caacttcctg ttgtatgtat tgtgtcnatc gtgtggatgc tcattgattt 180 gtactaatct gtaacgaagt gcaactttca gagattaagg ttttgttttc catttcngtc 240 ccntggggtg ttccggaaca actatggttg cttgtaaatt cctctgatct tgacagtggg 300 ggcaatattc ttacaaattt atttcaattt caaccggtta ta 342 62 287 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c17-3-5 62 ataatgacgt gtcataaaaa atgtgatgtg gatgacgacg tgtcatccac antgtgcatt 60 tgaagaacac agaggggttt aaagtagtgt gtttttaaca actacgagtg ncttgataaa 120 agcttgtgga gtataggggc cgagatgaca aatcaggaca agtaaaggta tttattaggc 180 tattatgcct taattattta taatttgctt aaacaatgtt tttaaaaaat atttacagct 240 attnacttgt atatcagacc tttacatgaa tttagcttat tgttttt 287 63 211 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c17-5-5 63 attactattg agccttagac tatgatggat atctataaga agaacaagca aagcttgggt 60 cgcttatggt ggcctttgtg atttacattt tactctactt cgaattttca attaatttga 120 ttatattctt ttgattagtt tagttctata cttaacttgg gattgttgat ttactttgac 180 ctcttcactt agtattctca cttagttatt g 211 64 211 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c17-5-8 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 64 attgaagagg attggggaaa ttcctgctgt tgaggagttt gtttacctta aattataaga 60 actgtttgat ttctgtctga attcgctaca aagcaaaatt ttgatgatgt tatttgttta 120 ccagtagtag tctagtgcag gatacaaaaa taatttggat gtgaaattag aagtgtagta 180 catttggttg tcaatttgac aatctttttg g 211 65 187 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c17-6-2 65 gatagtctat tagttaccca aacctgctcc gtatattttg catattgtca aagtgatctt 60 tcaggtactt cgtgattgtt gtattcattc taaattttgc gatcaaaata gttcatcctt 120 agtgattgta caantaatac taaaactggc actatttngg tttgaattca cantttctca 180 cataatt 187 66 382 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c18-1-2 ; homology with DNA-J domain containing protein 66 cttgataaga ggatggcaaa cattcaaagc cgcacctcga gttcggaggt ttnatcccgg 60 tggtttgaac angttatgac aagaagggaa gcagcattaa ttcttggagt cagagaaagt 120 gctgtcctgg agaagataaa ggaggctcac aggagagtaa tggttgcaaa tcatccagac 180 gccggtggta gccattatat tgcttccaaa atcaatgaag ctaaggaagt cttgttaggg 240 aaaaccaaga cagctaattc cgctttctaa ttcaccattt tgtttgcacc ttccttctta 300 acagcttaat tgtccgtata cgtgtaacaa agtgaatttg tatccgtaga catgttacta 360 tcataattta ggagacttct tt 382 67 340 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c18-2-1 ; homology with CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) beta subunit 67 aatatctgag tcgttcaaag tcaaacaggc agtgttgctc tctgccactg aggctgctga 60 aatgatccta agggttgacg aaatcatcac ttgtgcccca aggaggagag agggaatgta 120 aaaacaatat tggtcatgtt taagctgttg agatgactcg tattttatta tggtttgaga 180 atttgagatg gtaggtgtgg gctgtaaacg agtcaaatga tagattgcta ttggaaccat 240 gctaaagtgc actgcgctga gtagtttctt ttgaggagca aatgttttgg tttgttttca 300 taatgtatgc atgcttctat agaaaacatt tgttcgatac 340 68 336 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-2-11 68 aaataaggtt gcggaagcaa acaatccagg acattctgct ggatcattgg tataccgtaa 60 tgaaggtttn gttantttgt ttctgtggca ttgttcaaat cttttatcag tnctccgctt 120 ctatagaggc aaaagggaat cctttctttc agcatgtacc tgtaataatt tgtaaaaata 180 aaagttgata agtcatgtag ctagctgtgt taatagaaga aagagatgag agtgagattt 240 agtatagatg ttttatctat accttnctgt ggtatgtagg cttttactgc tcanctcata 300 cctcattgac acatctaatc aaattattcc acttct 336 69 338 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-3-10 69 caggcaacta ataccaagcc attagtttct cattatgaaa aactttacaa agacaaaatt 60 acncanaact acaagccaaa aaagctcaac atagtaactn tgatcaaatg atcatataat 120 atttgcagcc ttggacacac ctcagcaaca gaatggaacn tcaacaacac taanaanttg 180 cacacctaaa tccaaaacaa aaagactcga ctccgtatca naaantangg tttacntgaa 240 aatgtatgat ggtnancaac actgaaactg tctaacnant ataanttcnc nctctcaana 300 caancnttat ctctgttcgt tnanccgttt ggttttat 338 70 323 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-4-19 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 70 actaagtttc tgcatttggc ttgatttctt atcaagttga gacaatattt gtcattacaa 60 ggcattttta gtaccaaaaa aacattagca gtaactaaaa antatanctt ctggtttggg 120 gggattcanc aatttgaaga ntctgttcga tgantttaca agctttcttg ctcctaatct 180 ccactctcat gctttcactc ttctcaatct tatcgtaaga ttccttcatt ttcagagacc 240 tcctcaattt tgtcttcaag ttcatcatta atctctcaaa tcccatcatc tccactctgt 300 atttcttctc aatttaattg cct 323 71 326 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-4-22 71 taaaggatat tgaaaagtaa atcctgcaag cacatataaa ggtatgtttc tacaaaaaca 60 taaatcgtat aggtagaaat gaaaggcggg ctgagaggga aagtgcagca nagtgatctc 120 ctgataggac ttctgaacca catnctacgt nggctttaaa gcactcaaag ccactactgg 180 agaaacagca ctctccactt gtatctcagg aatgcactat aagaaaatct antatactan 240 ctggacaata taataggtag gtatttaagt ggaaaagggt aaagggacaa gcccattatc 300 taccatgttt tgaactgcgc acncgg 326 72 256 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-5-1 72 atatacatct ggagcaaatc acgantttta atacaaaact caccctacaa aacatggant 60 cnccactgca tcttaggcat ntggacagca anaaaacaag caanttgttt ggccgcctnc 120 actatttaca tttactctat tttgaatttt ttaatcaatt tgattatntt atttggttat 180 tttanttcta cacttaatct gggattgctg attcagtttn gacttcttta cttagtattc 240 tcacttcgtc actggc 256 73 257 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-5-4 73 atttaattga ttagcggaaa atctnctttt gtttnggttt atattgcaca ttctcatgga 60 tatttttact atttgtttca tagtttaaca tcagcaagtg ctttcttatt ctggtatatt 120 gacgccaatg tantaggctt tgactttctt ttaaacattg ttgttgttga catctaaagg 180 ttctctaaat ttgaatttnc actcttcaat ttgcttcctt tgaatgcaat attgctcgtc 240 agctttgcat ctttgtg 257 74 242 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-6-3 74 caaactagga tgtctgaaag actgaaagcg ttagaagtaa ataagtactc atttacagcg 60 gctgggtgtn acataccaaa acaaaacatt caacaagatt gtatccaaaa gaatacctgg 120 aaaaattaca acacttggga actgaanaac cttanctgac cccagaaaac cattaaaggt 180 aatatagcgc atctttacac ggttgtgaan atcacaaaat atcctcaatt tgttgcctaa 240 ct 242 75 257 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c19-7-4 ; homology with putative translation initiation factor 2B beta sub. NIFb 75 ataaactata ntaccattta gttgttgata atacgaatga ataaaccatt cgacaactta 60 acttttcagt caacaatagc atacgtgttg tctaataata ccacaaagga aaaccaccat 120 caagtagtac tctgcatatc cgaaatcaca aaactccagc acaaatctaa tctcanaatc 180 aatctacaaa ctccaaaaat cgcgatgctc tcttcatctg tttattgcag tcagtataat 240 gtaggtgcaa catcttg 257 76 384 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-1-10 76 gtgcagtaaa ctgaataggt tgacagagct agctgccaga tgactcttca tgcggtaggg 60 tttttcttat attactgcca tacagtattg gagctggaga tatcaagacc gtgctagctc 120 tgctgattag ttgtccgtat agatgacagt gatacataag ctgacttgga atccaagtat 180 ctggtctacc acaattgatt ttctttggga tttactcaca atattcttaa acgatttttg 240 ccggataaat gcaatattca ttgattgtaa tcaatcacta caaggaggat gaagaatata 300 ttcttaaatg atttttgcca gataaatgta atattcatct atatggatag atgaattctt 360 gatcaaatgt aagttcatgt cgat 384 77 181 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-11-14 77 tgatgcgcat atcaaaacta attattatcc aagccaaagc tatcctttgc cagttgcttg 60 ataacacata tcttttgtgc ttgattttaa aatacatgag gtgtatttgc cgttgagtca 120 tattgcagcg gtgttcaatg taatttacac tgatacaaaa taaggtaatt tgtatattgt 180 g 181 78 182 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-11-2 78 aggaaatact gcatcaaacg gacaacaact cgatgcaggt gaagaatcct agtgctgtaa 60 ttgctaataa caagcacata gtttgtctgc tgtcttttta ctttaatatt ttcccctttg 120 aagttgttgg aatcgtatta attttgttag ttaaaggcgg atcaatcaat atatctttcc 180 tg 182 79 359 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-2-1 79 aacgggatac tgaatggtag gacggcctct tcttcgacca ctagcaacca tgtagccgac 60 caagttcaaa gatgaaacat actgtatttt gccagtggac attctttttg tgtggcttat 120 ccttataggt ttttgttcat tatctctggt attccttgtc aaagtacatt atgatggcag 180 acctctttag agagatcctc aaagtttatg tgttgtttat ttatatcatt ttttctcgat 240 agttaaatat taggggatat tcttctttcg gccatttgat tttggttgaa ggtcttgaat 300 gtcgcaagaa atagctcagt ttaaaggagt tgatgaatgt tctctccttc tctgccgcc 359 80 356 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-2-3 80 agaaatatag ggtaaggctg cgtataatag attcttgtgg ttcgaccctt ccctggcacc 60 cgagcttagt gcaccgggtt gcccttttat ttcagaagat gtatattatg aactcttggt 120 ttagattgag ttcagattat tttttaagaa attatttttt agcaaagagt aagctcactc 180 tttgttctta ttagtaataa gtttgttaag ttatcctttc acaaatgata tacagtattg 240 gtgtgaggtg tgtgagggtc atattcttgt gtattaattg ttgcaatgca acgtgtaatt 300 gctcaattgg ccagattggt tttctcttct taatgctaag cactacttgt tatcat 356 81 338 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-4-1 81 gtggtttccg tgaatcgtga cgccaaatat cagttagcaa tggtaactaa ctccatggca 60 acatactgga aatgagtgtg aaatctgaat ttcagagttg gtgtgacttc ttcttgtata 120 gctggtggtt gttaacttgt cctagattca ctctcactct cattggtgtg gtccctgtgc 180 tagtgacggg tcttattgtg gctctttaga gttgatgtta tatttactct acctatctgt 240 tgaagtttat ccaattggta tacttttttt gggttgtttt aacaaagtgc tattcgaatt 300 tgtaatttca atttcgatca aaccacctta aatctgct 338 82 336 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-5-6 82 ggtggcctaa tttgcagttt tgatttagtg tcatcattag ctattttctg gattgaagtt 60 aaatgccgga aatctgtttg taacctcaat cttcaacaaa tcaattgaaa tatcacttca 120 aggcacttca ggtcctcctt gcacgggttg agagcttcca acagatttcg gagattcact 180 aggtagctgc ttggcattcg cagcccaatg cttctccctc tatcttattt tctcctattt 240 tagttctgta atagactatg tagactcttt ctgttttaaa tcggttagta gatattcatg 300 actggtgaca ccccgttgtc gggctatgtc tatttc 336 83 256 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-6-5 83 ttaaagaatg ttttgtctaa tcttgtgctg gctttaatgc acgtcaaagt ttgctgtcat 60 cccctggcaa tagcggacaa caaatctgcc agctactgat gctgatgggt atttgtttaa 120 gtggagaagt aaataggatt ttatatctaa tattattgcc tttcatagtt ctcagagtat 180 atgtgtagaa caagcacagc tgcaaattgt tattactaat tttatggtgg aaatctgttg 240 aaagttattt tctttt 256 84 254 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-7-1 ; homology with patatin 3′-strand 84 atgatgtcgg ttttgcattg tggaaatgca agttttactt tggcagattg ctccaagtcc 60 ttagggggtg atggatttcc cctacaacag aattactatt tttcctttct ttttatgttg 120 ttttggctta gaaggatgat tttatttatt taacacaacc aaaagtctac ataatcctta 180 gcatatttca aatttacata gagggatatt tctattgaaa tttatccctt aacgttacaa 240 gcgcttattc ttta 254 85 219 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c2-9-14 85 gggaatacat tgggtttgtc gtttgtttgt ttggatgtta gtagaccggc aagatatcta 60 gcattttgct tctgttaaca tggacattat ggatttgtaa attcaactga ctacttgtac 120 acgtctctct ggacattcgg gttattactt ggtacaagtt aataacactt atgctctctc 180 ttattttatg ctttctgatg aatattcctt ttccctctg 219 86 337 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c20-1-4 ; homology with DNA-binding protein (pabf) [I] 86 gaagatgcgc ttagacttgg aggcagtgta gctacctacc tctaatgtca atttgttagg 60 ttaaagcagg atttgatatt ttgttgcaca gtatgaagta tgttttagtt ctaactgtat 120 tagcagttga tttcgtcatt tgataattac cttattctgc taatttggtt aatgacaatt 180 aagggggaga caaaatcatg ctcgtgggct atatgtactg ttgtttgagt atgttgaatg 240 gatggaaatg cctttgttag atagatgtat aatgccggca ttatccctca tcaacagttg 300 cctttgcaaa tgtcgtaaaa gcatttgaat tttattg 337 87 337 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c3-2-4 87 aaagcaactc cacgttagtg ttataaaacg agtttaataa agtttgactc tgatactatg 60 tgaaagaatc taagcactaa aacaaaacct ttaggcaata gtataacatt gagatgtttc 120 ctttctaatt taaagaagga tagaagttca gtgcactctg ctcacaagat gtagtacaag 180 gattcttgaa ccaaggattt tgatggactt catgttgaga ttggaaaact gaattcatta 240 ctggagatca ttgttcatgg ccctataaat ttgaaatttc aaagatacaa atcaaattac 300 ttatatgtgg catacaacaa gacactacta atacata 337 88 92 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c3-3-6 88 ggttgaccgt gcttaatata ggcagggagg ttgataatta tataaagcac atctgaatgt 60 taatccacgt aagaacttaa tttgattgct tt 92 89 257 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c3-4-1 89 gcatagactt ttttccacca tcagattagt tggcttgcga taagagacga cttcttttag 60 caaatctata tgataacctg aagaatatag taagaattaa tctgctataa ccagttaaat 120 agtactaatt acaacttttt ttttaaagtt gtttgttaaa catttttcat gccattttgt 180 ttgtcaagta ccgaaaaaac gtgggttggc tacaaaagtc ttaacctggc tagctagcta 240 cctgctactg agtatct 257 90 345 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c4-1-2 90 taatcaaaat tggtaaaaca atccaaacca aaaaaaacgg tttnntgttg ctcttgtttg 60 aaatatattc gaatgttcct taatacctag cgtatgtaat aataaaaatg tactcttgtt 120 gctcttgttt gtattgggat tatttaatta tatttgagat ttataattta ttaaaggcta 180 atcgaatagt gttgactgat gtttggaaaa tgtcatcaga tatcaatgtt ggaagccatt 240 tagctcagta aaattatttt aactaaatca aaagaataaa atactatagg ttggagtaaa 300 taagttgtta atggtagtgt ttttctattt agtcatttgg gatta 345 91 193 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c4-3-3 91 tactcacggg gattaatctc atcacggttt caaatggaca aacaattatt ttacatggag 60 agtagagacc ctccagcttc tttttattgt tagtagtagt gtgaattctc gtgttctcaa 120 tttggatagt tatggtttct aacttatgta ttagatcatt ttaacaagca gcacagagat 180 caaattgttc act 193 92 340 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c5-1-2 92 aaactagtgg tttatttgtt tcatcgtgaa tatggagcag ctgcaataat atcttcacaa 60 tagtactcat tgactagatt tgacacttcg gatgaagcca aggcatcttc agagttttgg 120 attctacaat gtttccaagt tatatctgct tttaatcgtt tctgcttgta gcttaattgt 180 cttttgatgc tgtataccgt gtccaagtat gattgtagtt ttagggaatt tcagattgca 240 aggcctttat ttactcggat caaatttgta attgctagtc cccttttttt gagaaattct 300 gtatgtccca tttctttctt ccaatggaac tttcacttta 340 93 343 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c6-8-13 93 agcagaaaga caagtgtggt tctggagcca tgaaatcgcc cgagtactct gcctcctctt 60 gttctggtcc aatgcagttt tccactggtg ttgctgtggc gtaagtcttg tatggtacgc 120 aactcaaact aataaataag gaaactgttt atacagcttt tggaaagcta acccaataag 180 atttggtcat aagtagatgg gttatgttca gttttgagca ggcaatctct ctgaatggaa 240 tgttgttcag cctgccccta ttgagaggaa gaggacttct tatttttctt aaacccatag 300 acaagttcat ctataaaaat taatcattat tctttctttc ctt 343 94 337 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c6-8-4 94 gataggtatc agatggacct tataagtgag aaaactccta atgcaatcat ctttacttat 60 tggaaatatt tatagtgtga cagatacttg gccaagtgct acagttatat gtactattta 120 atgaacaagt tttatggtgt ttggtatatg atgtaatttg ttacttcaga atttattctt 180 ctgagtgttt cactggtagc atgatttaca agctaattgt atccattttc tgagggatag 240 gatacagtta gattgctttt caatatctga tttgacactt tgccctatga ttcttgtttt 300 ggaatggata caagcaagct tattgctgtt ctgattg 337 95 294 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c6-8-9 95 atctacacga gcttcgtatg tgtaagacta ctggatcaga ttatccactg ctctgatacc 60 atattaaaat cagtgacgta atgaagcaat tgaactcgag gtatgctcca attatggaaa 120 tggaaacttg gcgaagaagc cccaaattag gggcatgtgc gacannngag aagaagagaa 180 cttagaagtg aaagtctcaa ttgtattgac tatgtaatgt cgtatatatc agtgttttaa 240 aaggtgtggc gtaaggctag gcattttaca catacctcag cggggcgtaa nata 294 96 338 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c7-1-2 96 caaaggactg tgcttcatag tggtgctggg agaggtnttg cagccactga cacatcaagc 60 accaacgagg aaaaggaatt gaaagaaaat aataaattcg atgtaggatc aaatttctat 120 ttggttgggt taattttant gaagttgata ctgcaacagg agaatgacag tcctttgaaa 180 tttnaagtta ctattaatcc aacaagagat tgcgaatatg ggaggtatga gatnatctct 240 gtttctttac cgtcctttac atctgaaggc aacttagcat aggagttctt aaatgtatca 300 aatatcaata ttttcagcag agttcatttg ttctttat 338 97 341 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c7-1-6 97 agtgaagggg gcaagagaag aaaaggaaaa gaagaaaatg tcagtcacaa acattcaagt 60 gtttatatgt attcaacttt tatactttct ttcaaatgat ttttactttt gcagatgggt 120 gaaagaaaaa gaaaagagtt tttccaaact cgagacagaa aaagaaaaga aaaagcattc 180 ctctcttctg aatcttgatt gcgtctttgg tgtttgcgga caaatgtcct gagatgggtg 240 aacttcacat ggtcgcgtgg tgttgtgctt tgtgataaaa tgtattgtgt atttatcatc 300 tttctactat aaatcgaaat tttattaagt tgaagtcgtt a 341 98 314 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c7-3-10 98 atagcatata tatgttgaag cccctgctcc caactcaacc ccctcctttt cttacagcca 60 ttaatatatt ttggaatagc tatttcctat tttaggaaaa aacgaccatg tattgttcat 120 tgacaagtac tttcataccc tgctcaaagc aatatgtgtt ttctcgtact tggaagttaa 180 ttttgctgtg gaacaactct tgttagctta gtgttgtggg gtgagctata actcggcctg 240 tgtgatttgt tacatttggt tgagcatttt ctcttatata agaagagaca gtgaggtgtc 300 tgtctcatgg tcag 314 99 276 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c7-3-3 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 99 ggctgagaag aagaagcgca aagctcagtt gcaggaggcc aatcggaaaa aaatgaataa 60 gagagtagag cgtaaaatgg ctgcagttnc tagggataga gcatgggcag aaagactggc 120 agaactgaag aagctcgagg aagagaagaa ggcagccatg gcttgatggt tattgaacag 180 agtttngatc tgttaatttt ctctcttgtt tttgagagtg aaaaatatat taatccctta 240 tttaataggc acaattttct tcacacaatt tttatt 276 100 418 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c7-3-9 100 acnaatnaga antaccacgt gnantgtcnt gntacngtna taagngaaga ggttcgatcc 60 ngntcatcnc aaatgncant ggccccgtgg naagctcagc cnngacaccg gantgtttgc 120 nngnggtntt attacagcta anntttattt ctccaaangn gataanagat ngttctgtga 180 nnaggntnng attgnatccg ccggaganca gaaagtnatt nttgcatcat anagtnggtn 240 agangtgact cccntntctn tgtcngnata tntntattgg ngggggntnt tttagnattc 300 cagtncattc cganatatag atcncanatt ncnatanntn tacnanngcg cccccgcncg 360 nntgtannnc atnngggaga tctcccanac gaggccggan gtagagtgng aaaatctc 418 101 244 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c8-1-5 101 ggaatatgca taattttgtt ttcttttttg tttaaaagag ttcaacctag ttttatctgc 60 cagaagagag aaacatcaag atgtgagcat cagacaagct tataatactc tctctatata 120 gatttctaca aagcttattt ttggtgaatg cttgtgttgt gtgtaatact tcaaccccat 180 ggaaatgcta cgtttattag ctcgtgctgt ggcacccaaa tgaatcttga ttgtgtcatg 240 ttct 244 102 346 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid c9-1-4 ; homology with Drosophila heat shock protein 82 102 gaagtcgagg accgtgccca acggtcagca attacaagag taaatgcaga tgatgttcgg 60 gtcactgtat ccgcacctgc agctcgtgga gaagctaaca atgaacttat ggaattcatg 120 ggtcgagtac tgggtctgaa actatctcag atgactctcc aaagagggtg gaatagcaaa 180 tcaaagcttc ttgtagtgga ggatttgaca gctagacaag tatatgagaa actcttggaa 240 gctgcccaac cttgagatgg ctccctgatc cttttcttct ttgtcatttt ttccatgttt 300 gtaacattgg atttttagtt tcataaaatt gaattcagtt gtcttt 346 103 360 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g10-1-1 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 103 gaacgagaac aaaccatctc aaaagtacat cgagatagtg actgaagata attttgaatt 60 ttggttcatg ggctttgtac gatatgaaaa agctttcttg aatttacaaa aggctatttc 120 catcacgaat tagctagctg ttaggcatta gaatttttag ggttttaaag aggattcata 180 attctgtaat tgttcttttt tccttattaa atgttgaact ggtagcatct aatctatgct 240 tgttcatcat tttcttttct ctcaacggaa gaggatttga gatttatgag aattgaattt 300 tgtagattct gaaatttaat gaatttctca acatatatat aagatttaga ccaaagttac 360 104 556 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g12-1-21 ; Arabidopsis genomic ABA-regulated gene cluster homology 104 ggtgggattt gactatgcat atcgcaaagc aatgaattcg actatgaaat tcatcacaag 60 ctcaaagaac aaggcgtata cattttttag aacgactacc cccgatcact ttgagaatgg 120 tgaatggaat acgggaggtt attgtaatag aacaggaccc ttcaaacaag atgaggttga 180 cattggttat gtagatgagg tgatgcgcaa aattgaatta gaagaattcg agagtatatc 240 gagaacagaa tctgcagaca ggttgacaat gaaattgttc gataccactt tcctttcgct 300 gctgagacca gatgggcacc ctggagtcta caggcaatat cagccatttg ctaaagaaaa 360 tatgaacaaa aagattcaga atgattgtct acattggtgc ttgcccggcc caatagattc 420 gtggaacgat gtaatgatgg aaatgttgtt caccagttga aaatggtgtg acattagatt 480 ttgattttgc tcccacaatt gtattgttca tctgcaaaag atggttgcac actatttttc 540 accattgttt cctctc 556 105 579 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g12-1-5 ; Arabidopsis membrane related protein CP5 homology 105 tattattcaa gttggtatat tggagaagtg gaatcaagta gaggtaacag ccagccgacg 60 cgatgtgaag tgattctatt ccatcatgaa gatatgggca tcccatggga aattgcaaaa 120 tttggggtaa agcaaggtat gtggggagct gtgaggaaga ttgagcgggg attccgtgcc 180 taccagaaag ctaaagcatc tggcttgaaa atatctcatt gtgcttttat ggctagagtt 240 aatacaaaaa ttgatcgaga atacttgaag tcaatggaag atgatgagga ctcatctgaa 300 actgaattgc aagcttcacc tgcaaaacct gagggcatga acataccaaa gctgattatc 360 attggtggag ctgtggcagt tgcttgtacc cttaatcaag gaatcttacc caaggtgctt 420 ttgtttaatg ctgtgaaaag gtttggaaat ataggaagga gagcatgtcc aaggacatga 480 catttgattc atgcgtgcat tgcgcatttg ttttttccct gtttaagcat tcacttttaa 540 gctctttata tatttaaaac aagcaagtgt tattttgtc 579 106 358 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-2-4 ; homology with vetaspiradiene synthase PVS4 (sesquiterpene cyclase) 106 gatagcatgg aaggatgtga atgaaggaat tcttcgacca actcctgttt ctacagaaat 60 tctcactcgt attctcaatc tcgctcgtat tatagatgtc acttacaagc acaatcaaga 120 tggatacact catccagaaa aggttctaaa acctcacatc atcgctttac tggtggactc 180 cattgaaatc taaaccattg agtgcttttt tcatctcggt gatcgtttta tttttatttt 240 taaataaagg atcagaactg tgtttctgtg ttcctcttta tataagcaag ttgagtttcc 300 tacttctgtt caaaccctgt gtttgttctt ggcgtctgaa taatataatt ttgtttgc 358 107 264 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-3-10 107 caaagataaa gaaggctgga gttgtaagac aggagcttgc taagcttaag aaggacgctg 60 cttaagaact ctttgattag tgagatttgt atgataggag ttttggaagt cgttgtgttt 120 tgcttttaga ttttggttca ttactggcaa gtcatttggt ttcatctttg gtgtcattga 180 agactcctag aaatcaattt cccaatagtt ttcatttgnn ttatgatggt gaacattctc 240 ttcgcagaca cttcattttg ttgc 264 108 211 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-3-22 ; homology with orf 03 A. thaliana 108 cttccatcaa gcagggactg gttgggggac tttatggtgt ggaaaccagc agttggtatg 60 gagaatagcc aatcattctg ggcaatttta acaatatgga tagctttggt tggagctgca 120 ctctttttgc aaaagtgaat catatacaag taaagctgtt tattgtctag ctttctattc 180 tttattggta tatatagtct gatgtgtatt g 211 109 262 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-3-3 ; homology with sequence 161 from patent EP0953640 109 acattataat aggatgtaaa gaatgaagca ggaagcagtt tcttactaga acttctacta 60 taattgtgga tttatattgg gttgttcatt cagaaagctt tgccaagtaa cttagaatta 120 gtgtttacat tttgatgtct ttgttttgat attactaaga agaaaagata ttggggaaaa 180 aagaaagcca gaccactgaa tggcaggtct gatatgaaaa ctggccatgt atagaaggat 240 atttcgttta tttcattttt tg 262 110 265 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-3-4 110 gcttcaagtg gatgatgatg atattaaggc catgattaaa ttgggccgtg gtgatgaaaa 60 tggtggtggt gtcacctttg aaggttttct ccaaattttg tctctttgat ttgttgcttt 120 gatgacgatg ataaatgtca gattaggtga acaagttttg gtttactttg tatttttcaa 180 tgatttgttt tactgtgctg cttcatatgc tattggctat tccgagaatt ctatttgaaa 240 acaaagaaga aaaagagttg ttccg 265 111 260 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g14-3-7 111 atgaagaaga agagggcggt ggtgatgact acattgagtt tgaggatgaa gacattgaca 60 aaatctaaat ctgaacgcaa agctgctgtt actgaggtcc gttataggcc tttctaatgt 120 ttttgtggag ctttttccat aaacattgag agtgtatctt gtgtatcgtt tgaagttatg 180 tatcaaactt tgtgcattgt gagttttgta ttagatttat gcttccatga aatgaatgca 240 atattctagc tggtgtctac 260 112 469 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g15-1-37 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 112 atattcctgg aaacatctca acttgcatca tccccacttc gtcaagatct accgccaagt 60 gtcatactgc accatcttta ctcacgcggg cctgaagaac tacaatcacc attgcaaaga 120 aatagactta ctccgacgca gtattcactc tggatggatt cacaagggga ggaccaaatc 180 tggaaaggta ttaaagctac tctggacgac tatgctgcta aggtacggtc aagaggggac 240 aaggaattta gtcctgtcta tcctttgatg ctagaaatcg gctcttcttt atctgggaat 300 cgttagagga gctttgagag aatgcaaagc tcaaatcatc ttctcttggt atatgccctt 360 ccccatattt ttgtttcaat aatattgtca cagatgaaca catagcagac cgttatctat 420 gtttcgttta gtgtcttact ttctttatat attttacctc aattgattg 469 113 350 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g15-2-2 ;homology with ubiquitin [I] able to induce HR-like lesions 113 gttgatgtcg ttgtgtcgtg ttgattgact gtgtctgttt ctggttgtgg tcgtgatgtg 60 ctttgtctac tgaggtctca aagatgttct atgctatttc tgtttgctgt ttctcttatg 120 ttctctgttg tgaataaaga ttccgaattc tgtcctaaaa aaaaaaaaat gaagtttatg 180 tatattggaa gaagcattgg tgtcgtcacc aagtcccatt tgatatatgg ctgtgttttt 240 gcttggctaa tttgtgttta aactttcttt ctatctgtgc tcaatatact cctgaacaga 300 ctgatgtacg attttaaagc tatgtatgta taaactctct tatcttttgc 350 114 345 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g15-3-11 ; homology with sequence 7 form patent EP0953640 [I] 114 gtggatgaag ttaaggtgac ccctgttgct tagaagtaca cagagctttt gtaatggtca 60 atagagtttt ttgcaatgct aatttcatac ttattaagct accactgtga ggcaattgct 120 gtattttacc tatgtgattg ctttaaacta tgaattagat gcctgctgtg agacttgtgt 180 actattgctt ttaaggaagt gtggatctag ttgaacttcc tctcctttac tatgtgcact 240 ttgatcttga ttcttagata gtcaagaagt aatatataaa attgtactac tatatttcaa 300 atttttcatg tttcttgaag gatgaaatat aaatgagtta gtacc 345 115 344 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g15-3-7 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 115 gatacatgga atgagttagt gtttgatctc atagggagag acttccagag tagacagagc 60 aatgcttcat aagaagaagg atccttaatg ctaaaaaaca ttttttgtgc ttctacagca 120 cagctacggg aagattattt atctctctcg aatggagttt agctttttag ttactttaga 180 tctcttgttg tagctggtgt tgtaatctat gtttagatat ccacggtaag ataattccta 240 agttacacga aattttcaca ggtctcaagt atgtgtgcag ggatatttaa ctaaatacaa 300 acgttttctt tgcaataaaa tatttcatct gatttttccc tcgc 344 116 301 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g15-4-1 116 tgaatgttta atgttagaaa gtgaattact ctctttatgt ggtgtctgaa catatgttca 60 acattactct tcaaattacc aataattaat agtgcgacaa gttataggtt ataggttgat 120 gaaaaattgt ttccatcttg taaattatag tgctaaattt atcacacatc tgtgtgcacc 180 tatattatag tttctgcttt cattgaaaat gagtttcaag ttttctagtg gaattggata 240 tgtagtatag aagttggagg gttgcttttc attcttttga aagggtaaag caaacttaag 300 c 301 117 525 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g17-2-13 ; homology with wrky (zinc finger DNA binding protein) 117 aagtggatat tttggatgat ggttatagat ggaggaaata cggacagaag gctgtcaaga 60 acaacagatt cccaagaagc tactaccgat gcacgcatca aggatgtaac gtgaagaaac 120 aagtacaaag gctgtcaaag gatgaaggag tagtagtaac tacttatgaa ggcatgcatt 180 cacatcccat tgagaagtcc acagataact ttgagcacat tttgactcag atgcaaatct 240 atgcttcctt ttgaaacgtc catcacttca atgcctaagg catgacactc aattagtcac 300 ttgtaaaata gtactacagt atattgtgta catgcgtttt gaacctagat gctatatttt 360 gaaataaaac gcaacttcat tagggaattt aatttgatca ttgtacaact aaaagtaatg 420 ttgctatttt tttgttttta tcactttgtt tttgccggag ccatgncttc attttaactc 480 tttcttttag aattaacaaa taattncatg ttggagaaga ncgtg 525 118 225 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g17-3-2 118 gaccaaatga gcaaattgaa gaaatgctgg agatcaccac atacttccag gcaaagcaac 60 ctcaattttt gttaccaaaa gatttcttga ttaaactttt gaaagtaaac acgtgtgtgt 120 agagaagtaa atgcaggcac tgggatttca atatcgtttc attgatgctg gtacagtagg 180 agattgaaac taaacatttt cttgaagttc agtacgtgtt cattg 225 119 412 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-4-7 ; homology with L18 (60S) ribosomal protein 119 attgagaagg ctggaggaga atgcttgacc tttgatcagc ttgctcttag agcccctctc 60 gggcagaaca cggtactgct taggggtcca aagaactcgc gggaagctgt taaacacttt 120 ggtagagctc ctggtgtccc acacagccac acgaagcctt atgttcgggc aaagggaagg 180 aagtttgagc gagcaagagg gaaaagaaag agcagaggtt tcaaggtttg aggaattgcg 240 agtgtttgag tgcacgatga gagaatttct tttagaaggt tttccctacc tactttttac 300 catattagct tctttttctt gtcgaatttc ttatttcacc cctgtttctg tgacactcca 360 acctatagcc gattttgaat gcttttatta tctattctac gaaattaagc tg 412 120 373 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-5-1 120 acattatcaa gacgaaggca ataagtgggc ttactcattc ttactgaaaa acggggctgt 60 gaaatttgtt gtaatcttca agaatgtact tgttgccatc aatagaaaag caaacaatat 120 tgtgttcagt tacagccttg ttgggtcttg ctgagagtta tttttctagt tcctgaaagt 180 tatcttgcaa gctatcatgt agctgtgtgg taattttcac aggtttgagc tacagttgaa 240 gccagtaaca tgtgttgata ttatagctaa aataactaat gcttacctgc agtttccgtt 300 tgtgtggaat aaggagaaga attgatgtgt aagcatggct tctgtgagtt gactctatta 360 tctattgcat tac 373 121 390 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-5-12 ; homology with capsanthin/capsorubin synthase, promoter region 121 ggttgcaagg gtgtatccga accctatttg cagaaaaatt atactgtata tacaaggtca 60 aaattatttt ttctgtttat atagttagat gttaaattgt cttggctttt tcgtgtattt 120 atttctttat attttgaatc ttcttggtga aaatcctagc tctgtacaca caaagagccg 180 acatgctgat ctctctctct ctctggacgg agagtcttct gaagtgattt tgtgcttctt 240 cagtgtgttt atagatcaat ttagtgtctt tgtcaaatgg atttctaagt gaaaaaagag 300 aaaaagtatt tcaatgcgtg tgacctacct tgcataaact ctgcatgatg gatatacaat 360 gtttctgctt gatatatgta tatgttttgg 390 122 381 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-6-12 122 tcttgcacga ggctggttat acaagggact catggttgct tctgaatgac ttcattaaga 60 tcctggacca ccctggtttg aagatggagg tagaagtacc aattgactag ttacacctgc 120 aatttcattt actataattc agatgtatct gtgtacaagg cagccgtgtt attctgtttt 180 gttgaattcg cgcacctgca ttctcctgct gttttttgtt aaatctcttt ctttttcctt 240 cttttgcccc cgttttatgt ctgtttgcgc ggcagggaca gaaacagaga aaccgccgtg 300 taattaagat aaaagctttc agcttattca gaagatcttg aatatgctat aattttaatc 360 tctcacaaac tgtgtatctt t 381 123 356 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-6-5 123 ttagagaaaa agagagagga aaatcgtaga aaaatcttca aaaaactgag ttgagtaaaa 60 tttcaaaaaa ttttagttgt catttctctt ctggtctttc ctttccagtc gatctcttct 120 tcagaaaaca aaaaaaaatg gttcaacttt agttttgagt ccagatttga tctcatttct 180 ttgctagagt ttcgtttgct gttatttgct ggttttttgc tttacccgtg gctgaacttc 240 cttcatcttt atttctgctc tctaccagct atttcgagct ttatttgtta agtattctag 300 gtacacactt tcaaatctgt actgtttctt catgaaaagg gctgaaaatt ttgaat 356 124 293 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-7-5 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 124 aagaaaagta gcaccagggg cttgtccttg ttgtggagga aaagtacaag ctgtagatgt 60 agaaggccgt ttcagatttt gctttctccc tatttgcttt aggttcaaga ggaagtatct 120 ctgtactctc tgttctaagc gtttggtttt gtattcttga tctccctatt ttcctcttgt 180 aatttctact ctcaattttt tgaacagcat cctataagtg taattattta tttgaaatag 240 tgtttgagag ttgttcattt gctcaagaat atatgaaact tttgtagttg tgc 293 125 259 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g18-8-7 125 tgaagatgta gataaattgc tggaagatat aggggatgat gttggtgctg atgatggtga 60 cgatgaaaac tagaatgatg ttttttttct caagtaaatt tatntcattg tatttcttgt 120 tagtttttct cttctccact cccctctgtt tttctgtggc gcataggttg tacattgtaa 180 aaatttccca ataccaacat aatttaagga tgtaaaccat cttcttgctt tgcttgtaat 240 ttctctacta ggttgcttt 259 126 491 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g19-1-5 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 126 ggttttaata agcttattgg tggttggttg ttcgagtttt ttggttactt taggagaggc 60 aagtggtagg tggacgagtt ttggggttat atttcaaatg gtagtgagtt caggatttgc 120 aactctgtta atgcttcaga gtcttgctgt gaacgtggtg ttgtatatgt attgcaaggc 180 atatcgtggg gagctggcgt ttgagatcgc ggaggagttt gcgagtcagt atgtgtgttt 240 gccttttgat aatgagaagg ttcctcatct tgtttgtgtt gttcaagatt gaatgtgcct 300 aaggtcagtg agattatgtt aggatgatgc agttagtagt ttgaagaagt agtgttttgt 360 tttactcgta gcatgtatat agtttcttgt ttgttagata aatgattgaa gatgtgtgtt 420 acctgttggc aatgtgcatc tttatatgta aaaaaagctt aatacctgtt atgaaattcc 480 ctccnagttt t 491 127 485 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g19-1-6 127 taggaaatga cctttgcagg agttaaatca tataaatatt tttttggact gcaaataatg 60 ataatttttc tttttctaac caaagcaaaa taatatcatt tgtgaaattc agtcggtgta 120 cctgaacatt attagtatta aaatggagaa atgagagaac acgtatggcc actagagata 180 ttaaagctac ctaaatatga caatagatga agcagaggac agtataatat aattttcttt 240 taactataac atacattgcc ccctttatag atcaaagttt ttctactatt atttaattta 300 ttactataat aatcatctct ctctaggcgg ctagttggga ctatgctcaa cttgcaatat 360 ttaattttgt tttcatgttg ttcctttttc tggatgatgt tttaactgtc gaaaaaattg 420 agagctaagt tgcatggttc tgagttcgaa ggattaaaag caatgtnaat caattggctc 480 tatgc 485 128 484 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g19-1-7 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 128 ggaggaaaga tctaggaatt tttccgagtt tgaacaattc ttggttgatc gtttctaccg 60 tcaatgaagg cagaaacagc ggttttgaat ccacctctca tctcttttga caacaagagg 120 gatgcttatg gatttgctgt acgacctcag catgtacaaa gataccgtga atatgctaat 180 atctacaagg aagaagagga agagaggtct gataggtgga acgatttttt ggagcgtcaa 240 gcagagtctg ctcagttacc cataaatggg atatctgcag acaaaagttc tactaatcct 300 ggtgccaaac catttagtca ggaggtaagt tgtgatgcac agaacgggga agaaggtcaa 360 cttgaaaatg caactgagaa ggatgtcata ctgacctctg tggagaggaa aatttgtcag 420 actcagatgt ggacggaaat tagaccctct ctacaggcag ttgaggatat gatgaacact 480 cgtg 484 129 224 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g19-2-1 129 tttttttttt ttgggtggcg gaggaaagcg tgtggaaaaa aagaaagaaa aaagagaacc 60 atagagttaa aggccagatc atgtctgcta tgagtcatca tctgttgttg gaagagaatt 120 cacttgttta attttacttc tcatatttta tatcatggga tttcatgttg gatggatgga 180 ccagtgtgta tgtcaaatta attcttattg cgaaaaaaaa aaaa 224 130 198 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g19-2-9 130 ccagtgtaat tggactttgc gcaattgaga gacaaggggt tagaggtata tacgtgattg 60 aagatcgtga tctatcttgt tatctctcat ttttttgaga tttttctctt cttctttttc 120 cccaaatctg taattgatga gattctagac agtgttagtg tataatcact agataatcta 180 tgtataatca gtttatcc 198 131 204 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g2-1-2 ; homology with 5-epi-aristolochene synthase (sesquiterpene cyclase) [I] 131 ggactccatc gaagtttgag ctgccaattg ttgctcatct taaagaaact tcattcttct 60 gtgttgagaa agtagttata tatgtttttt taaattgtat aattaagttg ttaggaagct 120 ggttttgcga ttgtgcagtg gacttcctaa ctaggacctc cttgtaagaa gtaatcttca 180 agtgttatga attcacttgc attg 204 132 313 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g20-2-20 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 132 tgcgagaaag accaagaaat ttgtattaga gcaaaaaatg gtgcttgggt gatttcgcgg 60 gtgacacgag ggaaggagct ctatatggta cttgagaaag ccaatgagac ccttctttat 120 gcctctgaag ctgttgaaaa gttcagtgac aggtattgca gtggcgcttt ttctttgtaa 180 gagggaaact agattttggt attgccgaga cacaggattc atacaaaaga catagctaca 240 tatcttatgt tgttgttaat tcaactttgt ttgtactgtt tataaataaa taaaaacttg 300 atcctctcct ctt 313 133 315 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g20-2-29 133 ttgcaatgaa ctttgtaact aaggtgggct ataaagaagg tttgggaact tcttatattt 60 agttgtttac gagacaaatt cgtgctttcc tggtttatca agaaaagaat tggtcaactt 120 aatgaagcat gtctccacac tgatctatct attctgattt ccagtgtaac agcttttttg 180 gccattacag tggttatttg atgatcacta gcattatcat atctagtaaa gtaaacacgt 240 caagtcaatt gatccattca actgtaacta tgctgaattt tacttatgga aaattcggaa 300 aatactattt acttc 315 134 315 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g20-2-31 134 agaatatagc tactacaagg tggttctccc agtagatcaa ctcaaagcca ttactccgtc 60 aactatgctg tcaagaattt gcaaggtgca ttgctgggtc atcattcgta gctagcgtgt 120 cattttcttg gtcatttcag atgaggtccg tgacactggt gcttgctttt gttgtagata 180 aaattctgta aagtatgcac atctgggtga ttgattgttg catacatgct aatttatcag 240 cggtttggta tcttgtgtac atctgtttcc tgaatttttt attatctttt agtattactt 300 tggttggttc gattg 315 135 483 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g3-1-1 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 135 attttgagac cagaagggaa gctcattgtc cgtgacaaag tggaagctgt aaccgaatta 60 gaaagcatgt tcaagtctat gcattatgaa atccgtatga cctattcaaa ggacaaggaa 120 ggattgttgt gtgtgcagaa aacaatgtgg cgaccaacgg aggttgagac actaactaat 180 gcccttgctt agctgcttag cgtgtgtgcg gatgctggtt gtatatcatt cgagaggctt 240 tcatgccacg gtgactagat agtttttcga ttaaattctt gttactgtat tcttgtcagg 300 ctaccgtgta ccattccata gcaaaattag tgctattatc actatatatt tgtggaaagt 360 aagttttgta atattatgtc attagttgtg gaggaggtgg acattcttgg aattgtaaat 420 gccattggtt taggacggtg gtaaaaattc aaaaacacca gaatgaaatt cgttttcaga 480 gcg 483 136 553 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g3-1-4 ; homology with ADP-ribosylation factor 136 atagcaatga cagagaccgt gttgtggagg caagagatga attgcacagg atgttgaacg 60 aggatgagct tcgggatgct gtgctgcttg tgtttgctaa caaacaagat cttcctaatg 120 caatgaatgc tgctgaaata actgataagc ttggactcca ctctctcagg cagcgtcact 180 ggtacatcca gagcacttgt gcaacttctg gagagggact ttatgagggg cttgattggc 240 tttctaacaa tattgctaac aaggcctaaa ccaacgtaga gttgttgcgg gttgatcctg 300 gatgcaggcg ggtttttatc tagttctttt tccttttttt cccgaacatt cccagaatct 360 gtgtggttat gaatatccct tgaaagtgat ttgcttcttg gtaggaccta ttgaaatgtt 420 tttgtaatac agtggttgga tatatgtaat tgtttgttta gtttaaagta taatgctata 480 atttgtaaca gagattagat gtttgatgtt tcattggtaa atggtaatgg tatacttccc 540 tgtttgttcc ttc 553 137 501 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g6-2-13 ; homology with ACC oxidase 137 gagctctggt aattaacatt ggcgatgctc ttcaaataat gagcaatgga cgatacaaga 60 gtattgagca tcgagttatg gctaatggca gtaataatag gatttctgtg ccaatttttg 120 tgaaccctaa gcctagtgat gtaattggtc ctttggcaga agtgctagag aatggagagg 180 aaccaattta caaacaagtt ctttactcag attatgtcaa gcatttcttt aggaaagctc 240 atgatgggaa agacactgtt gattttgcta aaatcaagta gaaattagtg gatctgctcg 300 aagaataaga agtgcgctta tattaagcta atgtattttt ctttcatgta tttttagtta 360 cgactactca gcaatttaaa aaaaaagaag agatagtctc atactgcaaa gtataggaga 420 atatttttgg gattaattag gtgttcgaat tttgtaccgg ataaattata attgagctgc 480 tgatattatg gcaaatttag c 501 138 373 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g6-3-7 ; homology with ATP citrate lyase 138 aaatagtaga gatcggttac ctgaatggtc tgtttgtgct ggcacgttct attggtctta 60 tcgggcacac atttgatcag aagagattga agcagcctct ataccgtcac ccatgggaag 120 atgttctcta caccaagtga agacgctccc aatagcagca cgcagaaagt cgcctgcttc 180 ctatccagca ttttatcgaa aagtgtttgt ttagtcattt gttgtgatca ttcttcttgt 240 tttctgctag tattttgtac tcctaagaac ttgctaagca tttctgtaag ttgttataag 300 agacaactct tttagtttca caccaagagt ttccttcaat tcctatatat caaagaaata 360 acacattcat tgt 373 139 301 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g6-4-4 139 gttgggggaa aaggcaaaaa gatgaagaaa aaggcaatgg aatggaagga attgactgaa 60 gcatctgcta aagaacattc agggtcatct tatgtgaaca ttgagaaggt ggtcaatgat 120 attcttcttt cgtccaaaca ttaagttaaa taagttacta catcatttaa tcttccttaa 180 atttcattct tgtgttcttg taagtctttt tcatacttat ttcccttctt actttcgttt 240 tgcattgtca cagtgtaagg ttggaagcaa ataatatatc ctgcttaatg tcgtttggtc 300 g 301 140 299 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g6-4-5 140 aggttataga tgaaagacca atggctttag taactgatgc tgttgcgaat gaagccaaag 60 ataaaggctc aagctagaaa ttgcagtaat actgatttta ttgctgtctt ctttaacatt 120 accatcacta actagttctc catttttctt actggtgtat ttactttcaa gtattttatt 180 tgatgaggcg atatctcatt acttttgttt ttccagttgt ttgctttagt gaatttatat 240 gctggaagga tttgaggtat tagatagaaa gcatcttctg atttaacttc aattatgtg 299 141 356 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g7-1-1 ; homology with a A. thaliana gene homologous to MEI2 (meiotic regulator) 141 cagtggagga ctcgaaatgg aacctgatga tcaaaataat ttgcttaatg gtattgcaaa 60 cttaagcatg tcttatagtt atccaaatgg tgctgcaact gttgtcgggg aacacccata 120 tggagagcat ccgtcaagga cattattcgt tcgaaatatt aacagcaacg tagaggactc 180 agagttgaaa tcgctctttg aagtagtgct taacttacca gtttctttaa atttgcctct 240 gttaattagc tatccttttt cgtacttcct ttattgcagt tgaaatgctt gtttctcatt 300 ttgtttgtgc aagagatatt ttcttttgga cgacttcata tgcttgaaca ttgttc 356 142 350 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g7-1-4 142 gctggtgatc aaggctttgg agatatcaaa gataaaatta tgataatgaa tttcaagaat 60 tccaatggcc agaatttgtc aaagaattca gatttatgga atttggaaga gtgaagaaga 120 gggaaagatt ggaaaacatc tttattgatc acttctgcaa acaacaacga gtagaggctg 180 atttagaatt taaagtttaa gagtttttat aaatttagag ttaaatattt gtatatattt 240 aatgaattgt ttaatatata tacaatatcg tcaataggtt attatacaaa tgataagttt 300 ttgtagggag tgtaaaggaa aaagttttga aaaagaggag gatttgtttc 350 143 481 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-2-2 ; homology with P glycoprotein-MDRP (ATP binding cassette protein) 143 gcgagggcca tagtgaaaaa tccgaaaatc ctactattgg atgaggcgac gagcgcattg 60 gatgcagaat cagagagatt agttcaagat gcacttgacc gggtgatggt aaatcgtaca 120 accgtggtgg tagcacatag attatcaacc attaaaggag cagatgtaat tgctgtagtc 180 aaaaatggag tgatcgtgga gaaagggaag catgagactc ttatcaacat caaagatggt 240 ttttatgcct ctttggtggc cctccacacg cgtgcttctt agttctactt ttttttcatt 300 aagtaaattg tattcatttt aatttcgtta tctttttgac ttttgctgaa gaagagtttc 360 tttaatagtg tactgcaact catataaagc atagtatagt agcattcttc aattaccaaa 420 tgagagaagc aagtaaactt gcctccccga cttgacttga tgtgttctgg ttattaagtt 480 c 481 144 480 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-2-6 144 agcaggacta gtcaagttgc atcttcacat tagaaatgct tgtatatatg tgtatcagcc 60 tatcaggtag atgtgctaga aagtttttag gagcagatac aaccctggaa acctgtacag 120 cttcttacgt cccttttata cctgtactat aagtaggtag gtggtggcct gaaatcccat 180 aagccaaaaa aaatatacaa gtaagcttca ccatgctcca ttacttagaa actgtacagc 240 ttgtgattta ccaaatatgt ctacattagt cctaatattt ccttagatat acgtagccta 300 agtattaagt caaacctgag tttttcgaag ggaaactttt tgtagcaatt cccttgatgt 360 tgttgactaa cttctcagca gttgcaagtg aatttcattt attgtttgct attttcctgc 420 tgcgtatgtt ctctcttaaa attgtaaaat gtttctgttt gtttcacacc agcttcatcc 480 145 447 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-3-17 145 tggggacagc aaaacctcct tggttgtgcc agtgcaaaga ttcaagtgta acattaaaca 60 gggaacatgc tcagggaaag ctgaagatcg tagatgtctg aagttagttt tcccacgttt 120 tcactatttt agcagagatc cagaaggaag aggaggaaaa gcgttctacc ttaagcagct 180 agtcgtgttg tatcgtgcat atttcatttc tggtttggtt ttagatactt ctatgtacat 240 aaactatcaa ggtatttata tatgttcata ttttggcttt agctttcatt tcatatgcac 300 attcggctgt gggtctcctc tgtaaaataa tgagttctat atcattataa gcattaagct 360 tctcttgtaa ttgtatcagt aatattaatc tcttcatttc attagttcca tgactcaacc 420 atcagcagtt aataaagagt ttgtttc 447 146 450 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-3-4 146 cagtgatagc aaatcaagta attttgaagg ggcagctgat ggttctcaca atgttggtca 60 gagatacaga gagaggggtc agggtcagtc aaagcgtgga ggtgggaatt tccatggtag 120 gcaaggtggc tctggccgaa taaatgccaa ttatgattga ttgatgagga ggctaaaatg 180 tggatttagg tctttttagt ttgtgatgga tagcaaactt accggataat ctttgcttag 240 tctgcatgtc tggtggtgca gtcttaggtg gtagcttttg acgtggtaaa agagaatttg 300 ttggccaatg tcacacgggt gagctggact acagccgggt tttgccacat ggttttggga 360 aaaattattg tgtttggtgc aacagtaagt gcggcattat gagaactgta attaatttga 420 agaacattaa aatagttgcc cattttctcc 450 147 335 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-5-5 147 ggaaacacag aggcagagat gatggtgacg aggagattga cagatacttg ggagttaaga 60 acgggaaact atcagggaag ctatcaaaga agccaaagag aaaatgagga atatataatt 120 aagctatttt agtccaattt tgacttaatt gaggaatatt ataattaagc tatgttagtt 180 caattttgaa cttaattagt tctttcatta ttccttgttg ggctgtaatt tgacatttct 240 gcaattctgc tgggatggtt ttgatcttag ggactctatt attttcattt tcttgtgaag 300 atccttgcct cctaatccta atatatacgt gcacc 335 148 245 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid g9-6-1 ; homology with LOX lipoxygenase 148 gtgaaagtgg acttactgga aaaggaattc ccaatagtgt ctcaatttga ggttctacag 60 cacgaatagc tgatatatag cttttgcagt cctcgtcaac ctgcagaaat catccgcaac 120 ttaagcagga gtggcaacag atgtgtgtag atctattttt atgtcaatat ttgtttagcc 180 aaattccatt attgttagtg tgtgttttta caataaaatc aatgagcaaa tcccctcatt 240 ttccc 245 149 353 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t12-1-7 149 gcattgcggt gcctatccaa agatcctcgg tttagatcaa gcatgagtga cattgttaaa 60 gaactagagc aactttatca acaatctaaa gatgcaggta atactcgcag ccacggtaac 120 aaccggccta gaccacgtag ncgaagtgct ggtgatgttg gtaataaaca tacttcagtt 180 gcttatccaa gaccgtctgc ttctcccctt tatgctaaat aattcaataa atgatatgat 240 gccttttcat gttttgcctt tatgtttttc aagctgaaga acctgcacat ttgcagaatc 300 agctgattgt acagttgttt tggttaatgt attggatgtg tttgtaacct tga 353 150 351 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t12-2-1 ; homology with chitinase class 4 150 gtaatataat cgtatattct ttttaaaata naatcatgta tagtggagtc tnatgcaatt 60 ctcanaacat atatatgtcg ncctcactac cgggggagca actaatantg aatatctnng 120 gttatncttt gattcaactn ctggnnatna cttacgtcct aacatgtnag attatcccca 180 gtctccagac ccagtngttg acganactca gtataatact cagcccttcn ggcaacagtc 240 tgaaggtgga nctccgncac atncnatctg gccattaatg gctcaaatgg ttgggccaag 300 accttgggna naagntgatg aaagaatggg ngnttggtnc gnncgatanc a 351 151 352 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t12-2-18 151 gaatagttga acttattttt caaatggcan aaatggactg acttaacttc tgtacatnag 60 ctataaagat gataatcaga gtgcctnctg catntcatcc tcttcttgga antgcaagaa 120 ctggaagccc ttcattgatg tggagtgtaa acgtggtnct ataagttant tctttcgtgt 180 cgtctgatag tttgaacctg anganatgaa gaagagctan tggnnaagat ctncatgngt 240 caataaanga gatcttngcc taaacanatt cgnggacnag cgtgaaatgn tagggaatgt 300 gaatggtaac gctggnctgg aagaagancc nntccngnca agncaanctt tc 352 152 424 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t18-2-5 ; homology with basic PRB-1b [I] 152 gttcgatgca acaatgggtg gtattttata acatgcaatt atgatccacc tggtaattgg 60 agaggacaac gtcctacggt gatcttgaag agcaacatcc ctttgattcc aagttggaac 120 ttccaactga tgtctagtaa taacggttta cgtgatcaaa taatgaataa aagctttgtc 180 atgtgttaag gaaaattaaa taaataccag tactatgcta tgtgatgtta tcttcttacc 240 cagtggataa taatccaatg gtgtagcaag gggtggattt actgttatct acttgtttta 300 catttgtttt tggtggtatt atggaggtgt gtatatgtat gtgttttgat gaataaacaa 360 agtgaacaag gtgatgagtc aacagcgatg taaatttgtt ctttgattaa tataattact 420 tact 424 153 277 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t18-3-2 153 ttcaaagttt tcgttgccct accaaccacc ggtggatgtn gctcctccng cccacaagtn 60 aacctgatat cttnttgttt tcctntagta ctagaaaaat ataangtagt attagttttn 120 cattctttca atgtgtgcag ttacatccct atcttttggg aggatacatc atcctcgnca 180 tcattggact tgaagtacca ccttaatcng taaccacaat ttttnaactt taaataatat 240 caaatttata atgacaaata tgttncttct ccacttc 277 154 366 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t18-3-6 ; homology with chloroplast RNA binding protein 154 gtactatatg atggtgagac tgggagatct cgtggctatg gtntttgtga gctatgagaa 60 tagagaacaa ttggagaatg cccttcaaaa tcttaatgga gtggaactgg atggaagggc 120 aatgcgcatt agcttagcac aagggaagaa acaataagat ggacaagatt cttgtatatt 180 agttgtaaaa gttgaaaatt taccatcaat agaagaacaa tgttttattc atggattaag 240 atggctaaag gcttttaact aggacaaagg gagatgtacc atttgaatta catcttccat 300 aggttgagct ttctatcttt gtttctttac tgcctttcat aatttagaga tatcattgtt 360 cctttc 366 155 282 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t18-4-18 ; homology with AGP-b (ADP-G pyrophosphorylase, small sub.) 155 gtaatcaccg gtttttattt taaacgaata atttttacag tacctantct nctcttgtag 60 gggtaatgag aantatctag ctacataaaa gtnggatgtg cgctanattt ctacaggnaa 120 agcaaaatna aagtagaana tttctaccgc atggctgttn acccaagatt tgggaggaca 180 accaagtncc aangcctncc ttcanatgat aatgccactg ggaatcaatg ngtccttgat 240 nacngtgana atcccnctct agannaagta tccatctgtt tc 282 156 376 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t2-1-1 ; homology with ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 156 accagaaatt gctcacatgt acaagaccga caggtccaaa tacgagacca ctgctcgtag 60 ctggactcag aaatatgcta tgggataatg gcaaaggcgt caccaggcat gtctgagact 120 ttgtaacagc aatgtcttat tgtgctggtg gtgaatgaat aaattcggcg aaagaactta 180 gtttacttct taatctccct taaagtgggt tgtcaagaga catgtctttt caatttgtga 240 atatctattt gatgactatt agtaagggag aaacttcatg taattttact ttgtttgcca 300 gtttacctga gcctttctct agtttttcca atttgcctgg cttgtttggt tctgcgttca 360 aagttggtat tgattc 376 157 364 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t2-1-3 ; chloroplast genome [I] homology 157 ggnnnncaat ngnnatcgna cnagnnnncn gnannannan tccaaagctn tcnaatnttc 60 tccattactt gtgtggataa gcccnatatn atagagtata taacttcgat catagggatc 120 aatttctagt cgcatagctt cataataatt ctgcaaagct tccgcgctaa tttccttcgg 180 atctgagccg acatcccatc tctgtaatag gtaaatgcct ctttttctcc tgaagttgtc 240 ggaattactc gtaatangat attggctaca attgaaaagg tcttatcaat aaaatttcca 300 tttatccgtg atctaggcat aggtagcaat ccattctaga attcttctca ttacctctca 360 tggg 364 158 184 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t2-6-3 158 gagatcagta tacatgaaat ggtatatacg aggacatagt ttcctttagg gaaatgtcaa 60 taggttagag aagaatggtt aaaccgccgg cccgacggtt taattaggtt attatataat 120 taggtttatc ttttgacttg tatgttatta gctagtaata atatacttat tcaattttgt 180 gccc 184 159 534 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-1-12 ; homology with SNF-1like kinase, calcineurin B-like calcium sensors interacting protein in Arabidopsis 159 ccagattaag cttcaggggg agaagaccgg gcgcaaaggt catttatccg ttgcaaccga 60 gatttacgag gtggcacctt cactatacat ggttgcttcg caaggctgga ggagatacct 120 tggaatttca caagttttac aagaacctgt ctaccggatt gaaagacatt gtttggcaac 180 tgggggaagg aggagaggaa gtaaaagatg gtcttgtcgc agcttgattt tggagtgtga 240 agtcagtggt ttgccaatgt gaataactct gcaaacagtg tgctagatat tagataatgc 300 tgtgctgtaa aaagaacttt ttataatcag ttgatgtcaa acagagtgtt taagcatcaa 360 cgagtttata atacattgtt ttatgtacga ttaaggcacg taaacttaga aaaattaaga 420 ctggttttac attgccattg ttgtcttatt tggtgacaag atattacgga tcaatacccc 480 ccccaaaata tgtgctttta ttgaactgga agtggtaaca aagtgtgtta tata 534 160 398 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-2-4 ; homology with a multi-functional protein -beta oxidation 160 cctcagaaac gcaatggagg tgtcatgttt tggggntgat acaattggat ctgaatacat 60 atactcaaag ctaaaaactt ggcatgaggc ctatggtgat ttttataagc catcaacatt 120 tttggagcag agagctgcaa aaggattgcc cttgggagga tcgtgttgag ctgcatatca 180 tatgatcata tccttgcaga agaagcagta attcaagcat gctgaacttg tgntcggaaa 240 taaggcgggn aagtttgtta attacaatta gttagnagtt ccattaatta taataatttc 300 ctattttttc ccctcaagtt atttgatggt agttgtaact ttggctctac aaantagtgt 360 aatcgtccga gaaagagaat gaaatgtcca aacgcttc 398 161 398 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-4-7 ; homology with GST (bronze-2 protein homologue) 161 atggggttgc tagatatcat gatcattatt acactagggg catacaaagc acaagagcta 60 gtgtttggtg tgaaaatatt ggatgcagag aagacacccc tcttatactc atggttgact 120 agtttaattg agctgcctat agttaaggaa atcactcccc cttatgacaa ggtgctttca 180 tttcttcatc ttctcaaaga catcgtcttc aaagctccgg ccaattgacc ttttttgtgt 240 ttatgtccat ctctgtctct tttgtctact ccactcatta attgtactca atgtcttctc 300 ctctgtattg tataatataa taaggcttat ggccatttgg attccaaagg ctacttatat 360 tttgagtgtg tgttttatac aacagaaagt tatcatcc 398 162 397 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-4-8 162 ccatgagaat gacgaaagca aggcagaaaa gaaaggagaa catgataaga agaatttgat 60 gaagaaggtt gctgggaaaa tagggaaaaa attattgcat agtcatccta agaagcagca 120 tgaggaaggc tatgaaggag aagaggagga agaaggagaa gaaggagaag aagtagaagg 180 agaagaagta gaagtagaag aagcggnaga aggtggtttt gaatttgaac tcnactttga 240 tttttgatta agctttatgt atcactccag ctgtgtacgt tggtatttct ccttattggt 300 ttaaaaanac ataagtatgt ttcgaggata tctctgaata ggtggcttgg natttgtaac 360 ctgtggtacc atatatatga gcgtcttcta gtttttt 397 163 304 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-5-4 163 acgaatgtgt ttagtactcg gggcaactcc aagtcttgag atccaagtgt tgcagcctct 60 ttagccttta aaaggtggat gctgccattt taacctggtt ttagtttgga tgaaatttga 120 attcaaagct tttgtttgta gcttaggttc ctgtattagt tttcagttga aatagttgtg 180 tactctttca tctttgagca atgaaataaa agtcctcaaa tctgcttctt ttagaactaa 240 aaaagatctc ttatattttc ccctgtaaaa tcttgcaatt gattatcaac cgtcctctct 300 tatt 304 164 307 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-5-5 ; Arabidopsis genomic homology 164 gagctgataa atggaaaagc agcagtaatt ggtttcctat tgctgttgga ttttgaactc 60 ttgaccggta aaggtcttct caaaggaaca gggttcttgg atttcattta ctcagtttca 120 gatgctttca aataaaacca ttccgctata tacttactcc ccctccctct ttttcccctt 180 ttcctatttt tctgacaaat ttgcatttgt ttaaataaac aaaaacaaag aatgttgatc 240 tttttatatg ttgtccaatt atatggatta gtgaattata gaccattgaa ttccagctga 300 agaatgt 307 165 192 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-6-4 165 aacaataatt ggctataaca ttcaaaaata tttgaaacaa gcgatgccgt tacgtagagg 60 ttttacggta aaagtagaag ctggtataag ccatcaatgg aaaaactgga taattcgatc 120 ttatataaat ttcctaatgt attgagacta atatatacag tcggatttta aggttttggc 180 cgaccggatt ac 192 166 232 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid a1-1-17 166 agagaaagat ctgtacgtaa ttgccaaaaa cgatgagtgt ttggatgtca tgctttattt 60 tggtgtttat nggtgtctcc cttttgtatt tgaagttttc ccagaaaatt agcaaagaat 120 aagcttcaaa ctggttttac attttnggtt caaaatgtca natcaaanaa tctgtnatgc 180 tattggtgtt gtatgtaata attagatccc attttcttcc tctttccttt at 232 167 489 DNA Nicotiana tabacum plasmid t7-1-14 167 ccctcagaac gcaagtagca acagtttctt caattgctat tgcctatctc tgaactcgaa 60 ttcattactt gtaagatctg ctaataatca ctatgttttt ctgcagtgga ggtgtcatgt 120 tttgggctga tacaattgga tctgaataca tatactcaaa gctaaaaact tggcatgagg 180 cctatggtga tttctataag ccatcaacat ttttggagca gagagctgca aaaggattgc 240 ccttgggagg atcgtgttga gctgcatatc atatgatcat atccttgcag aagaagcagt 300 aattcaagca tgctgaactt gtgctcggaa ataaggcggg aaagtttgtt aattacaatt 360 agttagaagt tccattaatt ataataattt cctatttttt cccctcaagt tatttgatgg 420 tagttgtaac tttggctcta caaactagtg taatcgtccg agaaagagaa tgaaatgtcc 480 aaacgcttc 489 168 877 DNA Nicotiana tabacum CDS (31)..(588) 168 aacttcctct cttaaagttc atttactttg atg gag aat tat caa cat att ctt 54 Met Glu Asn Tyr Gln His Ile Leu 1 5 cca aat tac tct tct tca tcg tct gat cag ttg tca gta atg aat atg 102 Pro Asn Tyr Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Asp Gln Leu Ser Val Met Asn Met 10 15 20 atg aac aac aat tct caa gca aaa aca act gaa tta acc caa gac aat 150 Met Asn Asn Asn Ser Gln Ala Lys Thr Thr Glu Leu Thr Gln Asp Asn 25 30 35 40 aag aaa tcg agc ggg ttt ttg ggg cta atg gca agc atg gaa gct cct 198 Lys Lys Ser Ser Gly Phe Leu Gly Leu Met Ala Ser Met Glu Ala Pro 45 50 55 agc tcc agt gtt gtt act gat cac cca aat agc att ccg tat aac cct 246 Ser Ser Ser Val Val Thr Asp His Pro Asn Ser Ile Pro Tyr Asn Pro 60 65 70 aat gat cag aac gag gtg aga tcg ggt aag aag aat aaa gtt gag aag 294 Asn Asp Gln Asn Glu Val Arg Ser Gly Lys Lys Asn Lys Val Glu Lys 75 80 85 aag att aaa aaa ccg aga tat gct ttt caa aca agg agt caa gtg gat 342 Lys Ile Lys Lys Pro Arg Tyr Ala Phe Gln Thr Arg Ser Gln Val Asp 90 95 100 att ttg gat gat ggt tat aga tgg agg aaa tac gga cag aag gct gtc 390 Ile Leu Asp Asp Gly Tyr Arg Trp Arg Lys Tyr Gly Gln Lys Ala Val 105 110 115 120 aag aac aac aga ttc cca aga agc tac tac cga tgc acg cat caa gga 438 Lys Asn Asn Arg Phe Pro Arg Ser Tyr Tyr Arg Cys Thr His Gln Gly 125 130 135 tgt aac gtg aag aaa caa gta caa agg ctg tca aag gat gaa gga gta 486 Cys Asn Val Lys Lys Gln Val Gln Arg Leu Ser Lys Asp Glu Gly Val 140 145 150 gta gta act act tat gaa ggc atg cat tca cat ccc att gag aag tcc 534 Val Val Thr Thr Tyr Glu Gly Met His Ser His Pro Ile Glu Lys Ser 155 160 165 aca gat aac ttt gag cac att ttg act cag atg caa atc tat gct tcc 582 Thr Asp Asn Phe Glu His Ile Leu Thr Gln Met Gln Ile Tyr Ala Ser 170 175 180 ttt tga aacgtccatc acttcaatgc ctaaggcatg acactcaatt agtcacttgt 638 Phe 185 aaaatagtac tacagtatat tgtgtacatg cgttttgaac ctagatgcta tattttgaaa 698 taaaacgcaa cttcattagg gaatttaatt tgatcattgt acaactaaaa gtaatgttgc 758 tatttttttg tttttatcac tttgtttttg ccggagccat gctcttcatt ttaactcttt 818 tcttttagaa ttaacaaata atttcatgtt ggagaaagat acgtgccaaa aaaaaaaaa 877 169 185 PRT Nicotiana tabacum 169 Met Glu Asn Tyr Gln His Ile Leu Pro Asn Tyr Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser 1 5 10 15 Asp Gln Leu Ser Val Met Asn Met Met Asn Asn Asn Ser Gln Ala Lys 20 25 30 Thr Thr Glu Leu Thr Gln Asp Asn Lys Lys Ser Ser Gly Phe Leu Gly 35 40 45 Leu Met Ala Ser Met Glu Ala Pro Ser Ser Ser Val Val Thr Asp His 50 55 60 Pro Asn Ser Ile Pro Tyr Asn Pro Asn Asp Gln Asn Glu Val Arg Ser 65 70 75 80 Gly Lys Lys Asn Lys Val Glu Lys Lys Ile Lys Lys Pro Arg Tyr Ala 85 90 95 Phe Gln Thr Arg Ser Gln Val Asp Ile Leu Asp Asp Gly Tyr Arg Trp 100 105 110 Arg Lys Tyr Gly Gln Lys Ala Val Lys Asn Asn Arg Phe Pro Arg Ser 115 120 125 Tyr Tyr Arg Cys Thr His Gln Gly Cys Asn Val Lys Lys Gln Val Gln 130 135 140 Arg Leu Ser Lys Asp Glu Gly Val Val Val Thr Thr Tyr Glu Gly Met 145 150 155 160 His Ser His Pro Ile Glu Lys Ser Thr Asp Asn Phe Glu His Ile Leu 165 170 175 Thr Gln Met Gln Ile Tyr Ala Ser Phe 180 185 170 21 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer EVVRA 26 170 cgcgcagact ctcgagggcc c 21 171 30 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer EVVRA 28 171 ctcagatcta gaagttcatt tactttgatg 30 172 30 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer EVVRA 29 172 attgaagatc tagacgtttc aactcgaggc 30 173 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer EVVRA 30 173 ccctcgagcc accgtactcg tcaat 25 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of isolating a stress-regulated nucleic acid sequence of interest, said method comprising: isolating plant material; inducing stress adaptation in said isolated plant material by application of a sublethal stress; identifying differential expression of a sequence between stress-adapted and nonadapted plant material; and isolating a differentially expressed sequence of interest.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said induction of stress adaptation is produced by a methyl viologen pretreatment or treatment.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said isolated plant material is tobacco leaf material.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein isolating said differentially expressed sequence is at least partly performed by amplifying said differentially expressed sequence by PCR.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said differentially expressed sequence of interest is a nucleic acid sequence.
 6. An isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
 169. 7. A sequence of interest, produced by a process comprising: isolating plant material; inducing stress adaptation in said isolated plant material by application of a sublethal stress; identifying differential expression of a sequence between stress-adapted and nonadapted plant material; and isolating said differentially expressed sequence.
 8. The sequence of interest of claim 7, wherein said differentially expressed sequence is selected from the group of sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO:
 167. 9 The sequence of interest of claim 7, wherein said differentially expressed sequence encodes a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:
 169. 10. The sequence of interest of claim 7, wherein said differentially expressed sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:168.
 11. A method of modulating plant stress tolerance, said method comprising; isolating plant material; inducing stress adaptation in said isolated plant material by application of a sublethal stress; identifying differential expression of a sequence between stress-adapted and nonadapted plant material; isolating a: differentially expressed sequence, or a sequence of interest that is at least 60% identical to said differentially expressed sequence, introducing said differentially expressed sequence into a vector; introducing said vector into a plant cell; and expressing said differentially expressed sequence, thereby modulating plant stress tolerance.
 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said differentially expressed sequence is selected from the group of sequences consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO:
 167. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said differentially expressed sequence encodes a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:
 169. 14. The method according to claim 11, wherein said differentially expressed sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:
 168. 15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: identifying a genomic DNA sequence corresponding to a 5′ end of said differentially expressed sequence; and identifying a promoter sequence in said genomic DNA.
 16. The method according to claim 0.12, further comprising: identifying a full length cDNA sequence for said differentially expressed sequence.
 17. The method according to claim 11, wherein said sequence of interest is 90% identical to said differentially expressed sequence.
 18. The sequence of interest of claim 7, further comprising: identifying genomic DNA corresponding to a 5′ end of said differentially expressed sequence; and identifying a promoter sequence in said genomic DNA.
 19. The method according to claim 11, wherein stress adaptation is induced by a methyl viologen pretreatment or treatment.
 20. The method according to claim 11, wherein said isolated plant material is tobacco.
 21. The sequence of interest of claim 7, further comprising inserting said differentially expressed sequence of interest into a vector.
 22. The method according to claim 11, further comprising introducing said differentially expressed sequence of interest into a vector and introducing said vector into a plant cell, thereby producing a plant cell having increased stress tolerance.
 23. A plant comprising the plant cell of claim
 22. 